Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Ilsa Kuffner
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Ilsa Kuffner
Data Type(s): Biological Field Study: Experiments (biological), Biological Field Study: Surveys (biological), Environmental Data: Meteorology, Environmental Data: Temperature, Imagery: Photo
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Scientific Purpose/Goals Site visit to existing coral calcification monitoring stations to deploy new coral species; install new station at Crocker Reef and deploy new coral species.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Tavernier, FL (FL Keys)
End Port/Location: Miami, FL
Start Date: 2013-06-09
End Date: 2013-06-17
Equipment Used: HOBO Pendant Temperature/Light Data Logger 64K, Camera, Digital, Hand Held, Ohaus Balance, Pneumatic Drill
Information to be Derived: Mass of calcium carbonate gained per unit time for coral Montastraea faveolata and Acropora cervicornis and crustose coralline algal communities on nylon tiles. Hourly temperature data for past 6 months.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Measured buoyant mass of n = 10 colonies each species each site, and dry mass of crustose coralline algae gained on n = 10 tiles. Maintenance of station.
Staff: Ilsa Kuffner, Christopher Reich
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Kuffner, I.B., Toth, L.T., Hudson, J.H., Goodwin, W.B., Stathakopoulos, A., Bartlett, L.A., and Whitcher, E.M., 2019, Experimental data on construction and erosion of Orbicella coral reefs in the Florida Keys, U.S.A.: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P92NVINW.
Location:
Area of Operation Biscayne National Park, Fowey Rocks Light (Homestead, FL) FKNMS, Molasses Reef (Key Largo, FL) FKNMS, Sombrero Reef (Marathon, FL)
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 25.58504431 | South: 24.37602395 | West: -82.0225 | East: -79.89113174 |
Platform(s):
 Halimeda |
Flannery, J.A., Richey, J.N., Toth, L.T., Kuffner, I.B., Poore, R.Z., 2018, Quantifying Uncertainty in Sr/Ca-Based Estimates of SST From the Coral_Orbicella faveolata_: Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, v. 33 no. 9, pp. 958–973, doi: 10.1029/2018PA003389.
Kuffner, I.B., 2017, Underwater temperature on off-shore coral reefs of the Florida Keys, U.S.A. (ver. 2.0, February 2017): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F71C1TZK.
Kuffner, I.B., Toth, L.T., Hudson, J.H., Goodwin, W.B., Stathakopoulos, A., Bartlett, L.A., Whitcher, E.M., 2019, Improving estimates of coral reef construction and erosion with in situ measurements: Limnology and Oceanography, Limnol Oceanogr, v. 64 no. 5, pp. 2283–2294, doi: 10.1002/lno.11184.
Kuffner, I.B., Toth, L.T., Hudson, J.H., Goodwin, W.B., Stathakopoulos, A., Bartlett, L.A., Whitcher, E.M., 2019, Experimental data on construction and erosion of Orbicella coral reefs in the Florida Keys, U.S.A. U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P92NVINW.
Kuffner, I.B., 2015, Underwater temperature on off-shore coral reefs of the Florida Keys, U.S.A., 2009 to 2015: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F71C1TZK.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOBO Pendant Temperature/Light Data Logger 64K | --- | Light Temperature | 13CBC04-EN-pd-1 (Underwater temperature on off-shore coral reefs) FL_coral_underwater_temps_to_Nov2015.csv (Underwater temperature data recorded every fifteen minutes from 2009 to 2015 at five off-shore coral reefs in the Florida Keys.) FL_coral_underwater_temps_to_Dec2016.csv (Underwater temperature data recorded every fifteen minutes from 2009 to 2016 at five off-shore coral reefs in the Florida Keys.) |
| Camera, Digital, Hand Held | --- | Photo | |
| Ohaus Balance | --- | Experiments (biological) Surveys (biological) | Orbicella_growth_FL_USA (Data describing the growth of corals in the Orbicella annularis species complex from 2013 to 2015 at five off-shore coral reefs in the Florida Keys) |
| Pneumatic Drill | --- | Experiments (biological) Surveys (biological) |
