Metadata: 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: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/data-release/doi-F7S46QWR/data/FL_corals-photo-record.zip 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