Underwater temperature data collected from off-shore coral reefs of the Florida Keys, U.S.A. (Version 4)

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Identification_Information
Data_Quality_Information
Entity_and_Attribute_Information
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Ilsa B. Kuffner
Publication_Date: 20190313
Title:

Underwater temperature data collected from off-shore coral reefs of the Florida Keys, U.S.A. (Version 4)

Edition: 4.0
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: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-013-1047-8

Description:

Abstract:

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coral Reef Ecosystems Studies (CREST) project (https://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 2018 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 and others (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; BISC-2016-SCI-0003; BISC-2017-SCI-0011; BISC-2017-SCI-0011; BISC-2018-SCI-0014; accession number BISC-228. Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary permits: FKNMS-2008-062-A1; FKNMS-2010-068; FKNMS-2010-122; FKNMS-2013-024-A2; FKNMS-2016-085. Dry Tortugas National Park permits: DRTO-2009-SCI-0009; DRTO-2011-SCI-0004; DRTO-2013-SCI-0008; DRTO-2015-SCI-0010; DRTO-2016-0010; DRTO-2017-SCI-0001; 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, 2015-319-FA, 2015-337-FA, 2016-323-FA, 2016-357-FA, 2017-311-FA, 2017-352-FA, and 2018-359-FA. Additional survey and data details are available from the U.S. Geological Survey Coastal and Marine Geoscience Data System (CMGDS) at, https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20090413
Ending_Date: 20181031

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:8d1379f6-966c-43c7-8602-f44bcb83677b

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: coelenterates
Theme_Keyword: aquatic biology
Theme_Keyword: marine geology
Theme_Keyword: reef ecosystems
Theme_Keyword: sea surface temperature

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: underwater temperature
Theme_Keyword: coral reef
Theme_Keyword: coral bleaching
Theme_Keyword: SST
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: None
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:

Environment as of Metadata Creation: Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.3.1 (Build 4959) Service Pack N/A (Build N/A)

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report: No formal attribute accuracy tests were conducted.

Logical_Consistency_Report: No formal logical accuracy tests were conducted.
Completeness_Report:

Dataset is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: No formal positional accuracy tests were conducted.

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: No formal positional accuracy tests were conducted.

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Temperature data were recorded with Onset HOBO Water Temp Pro V2 (U22-001) data loggers, in duplicate, at each site. Loggers were attached to concrete blocks fixed to the reef with stainless-steel rods and epoxy at depths of 13 to 16 feet of seawater. The every 15-minute data reported are the means of two loggers approximately 30 to 50 feet apart and within 1 to 3 feet in depth from one another. All loggers were placed at the same height above the substratum (approximately 2 to 4 inches). Every six months, using a self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA), new loggers were carried underwater by divers and swapped with the old loggers such that there was always an overlapping time segment when all four loggers were underwater. In rare cases when one logger was lost or damaged during deployment, the temperature from a single logger is reported. There is only one short gap in the dataset, for Fowey Rocks (five data points on May 4, 2010 between 10:45 and 11:45), due to logger programming. Measurements were stopped at Molasses Reef in April 2013, and did not begin at Crocker Reef until June 2013. Data collection continues at the four current sites and the data release will be updated, as needed.

Process_Date: 20090413

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Added keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword.

Process_Date: 20201013
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross

Contact_Position: Marine Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2251
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: FL_coral_underwater_temps_to_Oct2018.csv
Entity_Type_Definition:

This file contains attribute information for the coral underwater temperature dataset collected from the Florida Keys from April 2009 to October 2018. When viewing, FL_coral_underwater_temps_to_Oct2018.csv, please note that empty fields (sites where no temperature values were recorded) are not represented by any characters in this Comma Separated Value (CSV) file, thus one only sees the separator commas ",". To view the data in a tab-delimited format arranged by column, please use the Excel spreadsheet.

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Time, GMT-04:00
Attribute_Definition:

Site-specific date and time information downloaded from the HOBO Water Temp Pro V2 data loggers.

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Dates are expressed in MM/DD/YYYY format; times are presented in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) minus four hours HH:MM format.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Date
Attribute_Definition: Date, in MM/DD/YYYY format
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 04/13/2009
Range_Domain_Maximum: 10/31/2018

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Time
Attribute_Definition: Time, in HH:MM format.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Times were recorded using GMT -04:00.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Pulaski
Attribute_Definition:

Underwater temperature (degrees Celsius) at Pulaski Shoal (N 24 41.613 W 82 46.368) in 16 feet of seawater, data from June 2009 to October 2018.

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 18.438
Range_Domain_Maximum: 31.727
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Celsius

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Sombrero
Attribute_Definition:

Underwater temperature (degrees Celsius) at Sombrero Reef (N 24 37.612 W 81 06.536) in 14 feet of seawater, data from July 2009 to October 2018.

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 16.01
Range_Domain_Maximum: 33.183
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Celsius

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Molasses
Attribute_Definition:

Underwater temperature (degrees Celsius) at Molasses Reef (N 25 00.628 W 80 22.518) in 13 feet of seawater, data from April 2009 to April 2013.

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 14.074
Range_Domain_Maximum: 31.842
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Celsius

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Fowey
Attribute_Definition:

Underwater temperature (degrees Celsius) at Fowey Rocks (N 25 35.425 W 80 05.736) in 13 feet of seawater, data from August 2009 to October 2018.

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 18.485
Range_Domain_Maximum: 32.343
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Celsius

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Crocker
Attribute_Definition:

Underwater temperature (degrees Celsius) at Crocker Reef (N 24 54.545 W 80 31.599) in 13 feet of seawater, data from June 2013 to October 2018.

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 19.71
Range_Domain_Maximum: 32.368
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Celsius

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

The entity and attribute information provided here describe the tabular data associated with the dataset. Please review the detailed descriptions that are provided (the individual attribute descriptions) for information on the values that appear as fields/table entries of the dataset.

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:

The entity and attribute information were generated by the individual and/or agency identified as the originator of the dataset. Please review the rest of the metadata record for additional details and information.

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Ilsa B. Kuffner
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

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

Resource_Description:

FL_coral_underwater_temps_to_Oct2018.csv, FL_coral_underwater_temps_to_Oct2018.xlsx

Distribution_Liability:

This publication was prepared by an agency of the United States Government. Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution imply any such warranty. The U.S. Geological Survey shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and (or) contained herein. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: CSV (Comma Separated Values)
Format_Version_Number: none

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

https://coastal.er.usgs.gov/data-release/doi-F71C1TZK/data/FL_coral_underwater_temps_to_Oct2018.zip

Fees: None. No fees are applicable for obtaining the dataset.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20231114
Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Ilsa B. Kuffner
Contact_Organization:

U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Geology Science Center

Contact_Position: Research Marine Biologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 600 4th Street South
City: Saint Petersburg
State_or_Province: Florida
Postal_Code: 33701
Country: U.S.A.

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-502-8048
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ikuffner@usgs.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

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