Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Ilsa B. Kuffner
Publication_Date: 20160121
Title:
Underwater temperature data collected from off-shore coral reefs of the Florida Keys, U.S.A. (Version 1)
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Tabular Digital Data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Data Release
Issue_Identification: doi:10.5066/F71C1TZK
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: St. Petersburg, FL
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/F71C1TZK
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Kuffner, I. B.
Originator: Hickey, T. D.
Originator: Morrison, J. M.
Publication_Date: 20130608
Title:
Calcification rates of the massive coral Siderastrea siderea and crustose coralline algae along the Florida Keys (USA) outer-reef tract
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Publication (Journal)
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Coral Reefs
Issue_Identification: Volume 32, Issue 4
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Heidelberg, Germany
Publisher: Springer Berlin
Online_Linkage: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00338-013-1047-8
Description:
Abstract:
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coral Reef Ecosystems Studies (CREST) project (
http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/crest/) provides science that helps resource managers tasked with the stewardship of coral reef resources. Coral reef organisms are very sensitive to high and low water-temperature extremes. It is critical to precisely know water temperatures experienced by corals and associated plants and animals that live in the dynamic nearshore environment to document thresholds in temperature tolerance. This dataset provides underwater temperature data recorded every fifteen minutes from 2009 to 2015 at five off-shore coral reefs in the Florida Keys, USA. From northeast to southwest, these sites are Fowey Rocks (Biscayne National Park), Molasses Reef (Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, FKNMS), Crocker Reef (FKNMS), Sombrero Reef (FKNMS), and Pulaski Shoal (Dry Tortugas National Park). A portion of the dataset included here was interpreted in conjunction with coral and algal calcification rates in Kuffner et al. (2013).
Purpose:
Data were obtained to assess the dynamic, underwater temperature environment experienced by coral reef organisms. These data will be used to ground truth sea-surface temperatures measured by satellites, improve hydrodynamic and heat-transfer models, and to inform conservation and management decisions.
Supplemental_Information:
Scientific research permits:
The data were collected under the Biscayne National Park permits: BISC-2009-SCI-0019; BISC-2010-SCI-0035; BISC-2011-SCI-0025; BISC-2013-SCI-0011; BISC-2014-SCI-0020; BISC-2015-SCI-0003; accession number BISC-228. Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary permits: FKNMS-2008-062-A1; FKNMS-2010-068; FKNMS-2010-122; FKNMS-2013-024-A2. Dry Tortugas National Park permits: DRTO-2009-SCI-0009; DRT0-2011-SCI-0004; DRTO-2013-SCI-0008; DRTO-2015-SCI-0010; accession number DRTO-274.
To ensure that USGS-St. Petersburg data management protocols were followed, each survey was assigned the following USGS field activity number (FAN): 09CBC01, 09CBC02, 09CBC03, 09CBC04, 09CBC05, 10CBC01, 10CBC02, 10CBC03, 10CBC04, 11CBC01, 11CBC02, 11CBC03, 12CBC02, 12CBC03, 12CBC04, 13CBC01, 13CBC02, 13CBC03, 13CBC04, 2014-332-FA, 2015-313-FA, and 2015-319-FA. Additional survey and data details are available from the U.S. Geological Survey Coastal and Marine Geoscience Data System (CMGDS) at,
http://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 20090413
Ending_Date: 20151101
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: In work
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -82.7728
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.0956
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 25.5905
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.6269
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: environment
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:7d78dc3d-d2fe-4dcc-a282-47797a35aeda
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: underwater temperature
Theme_Keyword: coral reef
Theme_Keyword: coral bleaching
Theme_Keyword: SST
Theme_Keyword: sea-surface temperature
Theme_Keyword: in situ temperature
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System
Place_Keyword: Biscayne National Park
Place_Keyword: Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
Place_Keyword: Dry Tortugas National Park
Place_Keyword: Florida Keys
Place_Keyword: Florida
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: Monroe County
Place_Keyword: Fowey Rocks
Place_Keyword: Sombrero Reef
Place_Keyword: Pulaski Shoal
Place_Keyword: Crocker Reef
Place_Keyword: Molasses Reef
Stratum:
Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: Global Change Master Science Directory
Stratum_Keyword: seafloor
Temporal:
Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Temporal_Keyword: Modern
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
Public domain data from the U.S. Government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. The U.S. Geological Survey requests to be acknowledged as originator of these data in future products or derivative research.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Ilsa B. Kuffner
Contact_Organization:
U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 600 4th Street South
City: Saint Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701
Country: U.S.A.
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-502-8000
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ikuffner@usgs.gov
Data_Set_Credit:
Acknowledgment of the USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program, as a data source would be appreciated in products developed from these data, and such acknowledgment as is standard for citation and legal practices for data source is expected.
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
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