Florida Keys Corals: A Photographic Record of Changes from 1959 to 2015

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Eugene A. Shinn
Originator: Ilsa B. Kuffner
Publication_Date: 20171206
Title:
Florida Keys Corals: A Photographic Record of Changes from 1959 to 2015
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Data Release
Issue_Identification: doi:10.5066/F7S46QWR
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: St. Petersburg, FL
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7S46QWR
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Lidz, B.H.
Originator: Reich, C.D.
Originator: Peterson, R.L.
Originator: Shinn, E.A.
Publication_Date: 2006
Title: New maps, new information: Coral reefs of the Florida Keys
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Publication (Other)
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: St. Petersburg, FL
Publisher: Journal of Coastal Research
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.2112/05A-0023.1
Description:
Abstract:
This data release contains time-series photographs taken of corals and coral habitats in the Florida Keys between 1959 and 2015 at Carysfort Reef and Grecian Rocks (a total of six sites). The original intent was to show coral reef recovery after Hurricane Donna devastated the area in 1960. Corals, especially elkhorn and staghorn coral, grew prolifically after the storm until the late 1970s, then began to decline, with the maximum period of decline centered around 1983 and 1984. These time-series photographs, showing the same individual coral colonies year after year, document the decline in coral health observed at these locations, mirroring patterns seen region-wide across the western Atlantic. A selection of the photographs was previously published (in low resolution) in Lidz and others (2006), wherein findings and conclusions related to these data were discussed.
Lidz, B. H., Reich, C. D., Peterson, R. L., and Shinn, E. A. (2006). New maps, new information: Coral reefs of the Florida Keys. Journal of Coastal Research, 22(2), 260-282, https://doi.org/10.2112/05A-0023.1
Purpose:
The original purpose of taking these photographs was to show coral reef recovery after Hurricane Donna devastated the area in 1960. Corals, especially elkhorn and staghorn coral, grew prolifically after the storm until the late 1970s, then began to decline, with the maximum period of decline centered around 1983 and 1984. Thus, these time-series photographs, showing the same individual coral colonies year after year, document the decline in coral health observed at these locations, mirroring patterns seen region-wide across the western Atlantic.
Supplemental_Information:
ExifTool (version 4.0) was used to add the following to the header of each photograph: time of collection, GPS latitude, GPS longitude, keywords, credit, artist (photographer), caption, copyright, and contact information.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 1959
Ending_Date: 2015
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.30626944
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.21159167
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 25.22205833
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 25.09450278
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:a28f5d1e-3ade-487e-94c8-52f1b62434c0
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: aquatic biology
Theme_Keyword: marine geology
Theme_Keyword: coelenterates
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: environment
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: coral reef
Theme_Keyword: coral
Theme_Keyword: Orbicella faveolata
Theme_Keyword: Acropora cervicornis
Theme_Keyword: Acropora palmata
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: Florida Keys
Place_Keyword: Florida
Place_Keyword: Monroe County
Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean
Place_Keyword: Key Largo
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: None
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 Eugene A. Shinn and the U.S. Geological Survey as data sources 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:
The coral-reef field sites were visited opportunistically by the first author (E.A. Shinn) and photographs were taken underwater at depths of approximately 1 to 3 meters using various underwater cameras reflecting the technology available at the time. Film photographs were developed into Kodak Kodachrome slides.
Process_Date: 2015
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Eugene A. Shinn
Contact_Organization: University of South Florida, College of Marine Science
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 140 Seventh Avenue South
City: St. Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-553-1158
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: eugeneshinn@mail.usf.edu
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Kodak Kodachrome slides were later digitally scanned on a Nikon Super Coolscan 5000 ED at 4,000 dots per inch (dpi) resolution (114.25 pixels per millimeter). A slide is 1.375” (35 mm) by .891” (23 mm). The digital scans and digital photographs taken in-situ were subsequently color corrected using Adobe Photoshop CC version 17.0.1 (http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html) and Macphun Luminar Neptune (https://macphun.com/luminar) to adjust for the truncated underwater light regime and enhance contrast and brightness. The in-situ digital images of the reef sites are included in the data release download file, FL_corals-photo-record.zip.
Process_Date: 20170925
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Betsy Boynton
Contact_Organization:
Cherokee Nation Technologies contracted to U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 600 4th Street South
City: St. Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701
Country: United States
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-502-8118
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bboynton@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
EXIF headers: Exchangeable Image File (EXIF) and International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC) headers were populated from the command prompt using ExifTool (http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool, 2012) as part of the post-survey processing using a Perl script written by Karen Morgan, USGS, St. Petersburg, FL. ExifTool added the following data to the EXIF header: time of collection, GPS latitude, GPS longitude, keywords, credit, artist (photographer), caption, copyright, and contact information.
Process_Date: 20161025
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Betsy Boynton
Contact_Organization:
Cherokee Nation Technologies contracted to U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 600 4th Street South
City: St. Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701
Country: United States
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-502-8118
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bboynton@usgs.gov
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_corals-photo-record.zip
Entity_Type_Definition:
This file contains photographic images in tagged image file format (TIFF) of the seafloor collected with underwater cameras at six sites located in two focal areas, Carysfort Reef and Grecian Rocks, approximately 10 miles off of the coast of Key Largo, Florida. The file names include the name of the site, the name of the reef area, and the calendar year when the photograph was taken.
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: USGS
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
The entity and attribute information provided here describes the photographic images associated with the dataset. Please review the description and lineage sections of this metadata record for detailed information on the content of these images.
Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
The entity and attribute information was 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
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: TIFF
Format_Version_Number: none
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information: Access_Instructions:
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.
Fees: None. No fees are applicable for obtaining the dataset.
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20201013
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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