Field Activity Details for field activity 09CRD01

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Status: Completed

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

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Principal Investigator(s): Ilsa Kuffner

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Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Conduct experiments on the impacts of nuisance macroalgae and cyanobacteria on coral recruitment.

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Start Port/Location: St. John, USVI

End Port/Location: St. John, USVI

Start Date: 2009-09-04

End Date: 2009-09-18

Equipment Used: Camera, Digital, Hand Held

Information to be Derived: Timing, species, and fecundity of broadcast spawning coral species. Herbivory rates by fishes on nuisance algae and cyanobacteria common in Virgin Islands National Park.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Timing of spawning documented on Tektite Reef, St. John for Montastraea annularis and M. faveolata. Development of fertilized gametes into ciliated larvae documented for these species.

Staff: T Hickey, Ilsa Kuffner

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U.S. Virgin Islands (Saint John)

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