<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><b class=""><i class="">**apologies for cross-postings**</i></b><br class=""><div class=""><div class=""><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 17.33333396911621px; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 17.33333396911621px; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 17.33333396911621px; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The <b class=""><i class="">Discovery of Sound in the Sea</i></b></span><b class=""><i class=""><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 17.33333396911621px; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> (DOSITS; </span><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 17.33333396911621px; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.dosits.org" class="">www.dosits.org</a></span><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 17.33333396911621px; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">)</span></i></b><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 17.33333396911621px; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b class=""><i class=""> </i></b>project provides accurate</span><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 17.33333396911621px; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 17.33333396911621px; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">scientific information related to underwater sound for all audiences, including</span><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 17.33333396911621px; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 17.33333396911621px; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">regulators and decision-makers. In</span><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 17.33333396911621px; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 17.33333396911621px; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">addition to a comprehensive website on</span><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 17.33333396911621px; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 17.33333396911621px; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">underwater sound, DOSITS products include interactive webinars (archived to the</span><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 17.33333396911621px; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 17.33333396911621px; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">DOSITS website); interactive eBooks; instructional videos; fact sheets;</span><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 17.33333396911621px; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 17.33333396911621px; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">and</span><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 17.33333396911621px; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 17.33333396911621px; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">structured, online tutorials. All of these resources contain links to the</span><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 17.33333396911621px; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 17.33333396911621px; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">peer-reviewed content on the DOSITS website. Resources have been developed in</span><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 17.33333396911621px; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 17.33333396911621px; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">response to previous DOSITS Needs Assessments</span><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 17.33333396911621px; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 17.33333396911621px; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">and with the guidance of the</span><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 17.33333396911621px; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 17.33333396911621px; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">DOSITS Scientific Advisory Panel.</span></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial, sans-serif" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 17.33333396911621px;">To identify high need topics and formats for future resource development, a </span></font><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MNFRJB8" class="">brief survey </a><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial, sans-serif" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 17.33333396911621px;">has been created. The DOSITS Team would like to gather as many responses as possible so that the needs of the U.S. and international community are fully understood. Your responses will directly influence and help focus DOSITS’ continuing development efforts.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial, sans-serif" class=""><b class="" style="font-size: 17.33333396911621px;">All members of international decision-making community (government employees, federal and state contractors, NGO employees, and industry representatives that deal with underwater sound and/or marine animals) are encouraged to complete this survey</b><span class="" style="font-size: 17.33333396911621px;">. The survey should take approximately 12 minutes to complete. It is anonymous and no personal data will be collected.</span><br class=""><br class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 17.33333396911621px;"><br class=""></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial, sans-serif" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 17.33333396911621px;">To complete the 2019 DOSITS Needs Assessment for the International Decision-Making Community, please follow this link: <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MNFRJB8" class="">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MNFRJB8</a> </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 17.33333396911621px; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br class=""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 17.33333396911621px; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">This survey is being conducted by the DOSITS Team at the</span><span class="" style="font-size: 17.33333396911621px; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="" style="font-size: 17.33333396911621px; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">University of Rhode Island. If you have questions please contact Christopher</span><span class="" style="font-size: 17.33333396911621px; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="" style="font-size: 17.33333396911621px; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Knowlton, </span><span class="" style="font-size: 17.33333396911621px; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:cknowlton@uri.edu" class="">cknowlton@uri.edu</a>. </span></p></div></div><div class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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