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Field Activity Details for field activity 1999-301-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

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Principal Investigator(s):

Affiliate Investigator(s): Mallinson

Information Specialist(s): Lauren Toth

Data Type(s): Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect coral cores at Tortugas Bank to determine its internal anatomy and age

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Key West, Florida

End Port/Location: Key West, Florida

Start Date: 1999-01-01

End Date: 1999-01-01

Equipment Used:

Information to be Derived: lithologic description, age

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected 3 coral cores at Tortugas Bank Reef

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Location:

Key West, FL (Tortugas Bank)

Boundaries
North: 24.7006772 South: 24.56336138 West: -83.1211853 East: -82.95913696

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Publications

Toth, L.T., Courtney, T.A., Colella, M.A., Kupfner Johnson, S.A., Ruzicka, R.R., 2022, The past, present, and future of coral reef growth in the Florida Keys: Global Change Biology, Glob Change Biol, v. 28 no. 17, pp. 5294–5309, doi: 10.1111/gcb.16295.

Toth, L.T., Stathakopoulos, A., 2019, The absolute and relative composition of Holocene Reef Cores from the Florida Keys reef tract: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P93XXXA0.

Toth, L.T., Stathakopoulos, A., Kuffner, I.B., 2018, Descriptive core logs, core photographs, radiocarbon ages, and accretion data from Holocene reef cores collected throughout the Florida Keys reef tract: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7NV9HJX.

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