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Field Activity Details for field activity 11CRS01

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Kimberly Yates

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Kimberly Yates

Data Type(s): Sampling: Geology, Environmental Data: CTD, Environmental Data: Temperature, Environmental Data: pH, Geochemical: Experiments (geochemical), Geochemical: Surveys (geochemical), Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Environmental Data: Radon

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect baseline information for coral/mangrove interaction studies.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL

End Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL

Start Date: 2011-07-10

End Date: 2011-07-24

Equipment Used: Grab Sampler, Spectrophotometric Analytical System, Sea-Bird Wave and Tide Logger (SBE 26plus), Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth (CTD) Probe, Digital Camera, Global Positioning System (GPS), LI-COR Sensors, Peristaltic Pump, pH Probe

Information to be Derived: Light intensity, all carbon parameters, temperature, conductivity and pH.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Nathan Smiley

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Additional Equipment Used: Laptop, Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus (SCUBA)

Location:

US Virgin Islands

Boundaries
North: 18.50663345 South: 18.01634742 West: -65.3734 East: -64.73757549

Platform(s):

Publications

Yates, K.K., Rogers, C.S., Herlan, J., Brooks, G.R., Smiley, N.A., Larson, R.A., 2014, Diurnal and seasonal measurements of seawater chemistry, temperature and PAR in Hurricane Hole, U.S. Virgin Islands - 2010-2012: Pangaea. , doi: 10.1594/Pangaea.825752.

Yates, K.K., Rogers, C.S., Herlan, J.J., Brooks, G.R., Smiley, N.A., Larson, R.A., 2015, Diverse coral communities in mangrove habitats suggest a novel refuge from climate change: Biogeosciences, v. 11, pp. 4321–4337, doi: 10.5194/bg-11-4321-2014.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Grab Sampler --- Biology
Geology
Sediment Data (Hurricane_Hole_carbonate.tab: Carbonate mineralogical composition of surface sediments of three bays in Hurricane Hole, U.S. Virgin Islands. Hurricane_Hole_grain_size.tab: Grain size of surface sediments of three bays n Hurricane Hole, U.S. Virgin Islands. )
Spectrophotometric Analytical System --- pH
Hurricane_Hole_NEC_vs_NCP.tab (Ratios of net ecosystem calcification to net community production in three bays in Hurricane Hole, U.S. Virgin Islands..)
Sea-Bird Wave and Tide Logger (SBE 26plus) --- Temperature
Tide
Wave
Mooring (physical oceanography)
Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth (CTD) Probe --- CTD
ReefName_temp.tab (Water temperature at time series station Reef Name, St. John reef track, U.S. Virgin Islands. Surface water temperature of three bays for file Hurricane_Hole_water_temp.tab.)
SiteName_#_PAR.tab (Photosynthetically active radiation measured # m above sea level at time series station SiteName in Hurricane Hole, U.S. Virgin Islands.)
Digital Camera --- Photo
Video
Global Positioning System (GPS) --- Navigation
LI-COR Sensors --- Radon
Peristaltic Pump --- Experiments (geochemical)
Surveys (geochemical)
Seawater Chemistry (Hurricane_Hole_seawater_chem.tab: Seawater chemistry measured in three bays in Hurricane Hole, U.S. Virgin Islands. STJ17_phys_oce.tab: Vertical profile of seawater chemistry at station STJ17 in Hurricane Hole, U.S. Virgin Islands. Long_Bay_reef_phys_oce.tab: Seawater chemistry at Long Bay reef site, U.S. Virgin Islands.)
pH Probe --- pH

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