Field Activity Details for field activity 08CRD01

Other ID: Program: TFME

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Ilsa Kuffner

Affiliate Investigator(s): Valerie J. Paul, Teresa Turner, Linda J. Walters

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Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo

Scientific Purpose/Goals: The goal of the study is to examine the process of herbivory in Virgin Islands National Park, and to conduct experiments (to be conducted in Brewer's Bay, St. Thomas) on the impacts of nuisance macroalgae on coral recruitment. We will be surveying sites on St. John, both inside and outside of the newly established "no-take" Coral Reef Monument so that changes in trophic structure and herbivory rates resulting from protection from all fishing can be evaluated over time.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Brewer

End Port/Location: Cruz Bay, St. John

Start Date: 2008-05-30

End Date: 2008-06-13

Equipment Used: Camera, Digital, Hand Held

Information to be Derived: Percent cover of macrophytes, abundance and size of herbivorous fishes, density of herbivorous sea urchins, estimates of grazing intensity, rugosity of the substratum, percent live coral cover, and percent cover by other invertebrates.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: T Hickey, Ilsa Kuffner

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Notes: Platform: small vessels.

Location:

U.S. Virgin Islands

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Data Acquired