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Field Activity Details for field activity A0413MU

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AKA: none

Other ID: A-04-13-MU

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s): Pacific Coral Reef Geology and Oceanography (ZP00DXN)

Principal Investigator(s): Nancy Prouty, Curt Storlazzi

Affiliate Investigator(s): Pete Swarzenski

Information Specialist(s): Joshua Logan

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Drill coral cores to get geochemical historical record; deploy surface current drifters to understand coral dispersal patterns; make hydrodynamic and geochemical measurements of submarine groundwater discharge

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii

End Port/Location: Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii

Start Date: 2013-07-08

End Date: 2013-07-16

Equipment Used: navigation, coral_core

Information to be Derived: tides, waves, currents, acoustic backscatter, temperature, salinity, geochemical records

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Susan Cochran, Peter Dal Ferro, Cordell Johnson, Joshua Logan, Thomas Reiss, Randy Russell

Affiliate Staff:
Pete Swarzenski (chief scientist
USGS
PCMSC) - Co

Notes: filled in from Overview Log v3.1

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Curt Storlazzi (USGS, PCMSC) - Chief scientist
Pete Swarzenski (chief scientist, USGS, PCMSC) - Co
Nancy Prouty (chief scientist, USGS, PCMSC) - Co
Josh Logan (USGS, PCMSC) - Physical scientist
Tom Reiss (USGS, PCMSC) - Physical scientist
Pete Dal Ferro (USGS, PCMSC) - Mechanical Technician
Susie Cochran (USGS, PCMSC) - Physical scientist
Randy Russell (USGS, PCMSC) - IT specialist
Cordell Johnson - Mechanical technician
Kevin Kroeger (USGS, WHCMSC) - Geologist
Christopher Smith (USGS, SPCMSC) - Geologist

Location:

Hawaii

Boundaries
North: 20.94514 South: 20.8065 West: -156.694 East: -156.60829

Platform(s):

photo of Alyce C
Alyce C

Publications

Prouty, N.G., and Andrews, A.H., 2020, Geochemistry time series and growth parameters from Tutuila, American Samoa coral record: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9DTWC3I.

Prouty, N.G.,, and F., J., 2021, Coral geochemistry time series from Kahekili, west Maui: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9T9WMAK.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
navigation --- Navigation
coral_cores
cores_on_off
coral_core --- Biology
Coral geochemistry time series from Kahekili, west Maui (Geochemical analysis (including stable boron, boron:calcium ratio, and carbon and oxygen isotopes) were measured from coral cores collected in July 2013 from the shallow reef at Kahekili in Kaanapali, west Maui, Hawaii from scleractinian Porites lobata.)
Coral growth parameters, Kahekili, west Maui (Surface runoff and submarine groundwater discharge in particular are known vectors to the coastal ocean of elevated nutrients and contaminants leading to eutrophication, algal overgrowth, and coral disease. Freshwater discharging directly from submarine groundwater vents off of Kahekili Beach Park, Kaanapali, in West Maui contains elevated nutrient concentrations and lower pH values. Coral cores were collected in July 2013 from the shallow reef at Kahekili in Kaanapali, West Maui, Hawaii from scleractinian Porites lobata to specifically addresses the relationship between coral reef health and compounding stressors from contaminated submarine groundwater discharge.)
Olowalu chronology and geochemistry time-series, West Maui (Chronology and time-series geochemistry data of a coral core collected from Olowalu, West Maui, Hawaii. The chronology is based on density banding, radiocarbon bomb-curve, and uranium thorium dating techniques. The geochemistry time-series data contains major and minor elements over the length of the coral life span, as measured from laser ablation inductively coupled mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS).)

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