2026-03-25T14:24:41-07:00 2025-12-31 990EZ 2025-01-01 464866535 BAHAMAS MARINE ECOCENTRE BAHA 3052380186 7201 SW 144 St Miami FL 33158 Ruth Pamela Reid President 3052380186 2026-02-20 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X www.bahamas-marine-ecocentre.org X X 136595 X 136595 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 136595 25000 0 0 45000 11213 0 15029 96242 40353 49754 0 90107 49754 90107 0 0 0 0 49754 90107 0 0 49754 90107 Research and Education: Bahamas Marine EcoCentre focuses on marine science education and research and promotes scientific and artistic activities that foster environmental stewardship. In 2025, activities were focused in three geographic areas: Bahamas, Western Australia, and Northern Chile, as outlined in Lines 28-30. Research on gypsum depositional system in lagoons in the Atacama Desert, which initiated as a consulting service in 2017, became a funded research project in 2018. Supported by the Chilean mining company, SQM, BME is investigating the role of microbes in sedimentation in the desert lagoon systems. Program activities in the Bahamas in 2025 involved maintenance of the Darby Island Research Station, and eventual closure of the lab due to the sale of Little Darby Island. Lab equipment and resources were donated to Bahamas National Trust Moriah Harbor Cay National Park. One publication from research at the research station: Kalderon-Asael, B., Wang, J., Planavsky, Oehlert, A.M., N.J., Vitek, B.E., Reid, R.P., Tarhan, L.J. 2025. Evaluation of early diagenetic signatures of lithium and stable strontium isotopes in shallow marine carbonate sediments. Chemical Geology v. 676. 0 20705 Our second geographic area of research was the Atacama Desertof northern Chile where we continued monitoring stromatolite growth in saline lagoons. This research involved two research fellows and a consultant. Program expenses pertain to field activities, sample analyses and writing reports and publications. Two papers were published from results of this research : 1. Suosaari, E.P., Dupraz, C., Oehlert, A.M., Lascu, I., Vitek, B.E., Piggot, A.M. Palma, A.T., Reid, R.P. (2025) Coupled authigenic Mg silicate and carbonate precipitation in saline lakes of the Salar de Atacama, Northern Chile. The Depositional Record, 00, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1002/dep2.70055 and 2. Kong, T., Reid, R.P.; Suosaari, E.P., Maizel,D., Daza, L.R., Palma, A.T., Oehlert, A.M. 2025. Lake morphology and meteorological conditions impact stratification of saline lakes in the Atacama Desert. Plos One https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0321759. Program service costs include payments to university laboratories for sample analysis and consulting services. 0 50098 A third area of research activity was Western Australia,where we cont'd research into modern marine stromatolites in Shark Bay. This research involved one research fellow, Erica Suosaari who is working on a monograph summarizing publications resulting from all our research in Shark Bay for the past 20 years. An additional paper documenting results from our Shark Bay research was published: Pollier, C.G.L., Reid, R.P., Suosaari, E.P., Vitek B. E., Dupraz C., Oehlert A. M.. Arsenic enrichment patterns are defined by microbialite morphology, fabric, and accretion mechanism. Nature Communications 16, 10218 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-65007-4. Program expenses largely supported the research fellow. 25000 0 70803 Ruth Pamela Reid President 2 0 0 0 Alexander Tecle Treasurer 1 0 0 0 Peter Ortner Director 0.5 0 0 0 Jamie Foster Secretary 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ruth Pamela Reid 7201 SW 144 St Miami FL 33158 3052380186 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 199234 240607 425349 133710 136595 1135495 264 232 0 0 0 496 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 199498 240839 425349 133710 136595 1135991 35000 50000 34985 35000 35000 189985 0 0 0 0 0 0 35000 50000 34985 35000 35000 189985 946006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 199498 240839 425349 133710 136595 1135991 0.83276 0.87039 0 0 X Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 Fellowship to Erica Suosaari for work on monograph Shark Bay research Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 3698 office and bank fees 880 IT service 8534 travel 197 insurance 1720 field and lab equipment