Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Coral Reef Ecosystems Studies - CREST (GX.22.MN00.E3R50.00)
Principal Investigator(s): Ilsa Kuffner
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Ilsa Kuffner
Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Biological Field Study: Experiments (biological), Environmental Data: Temperature, Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Site visit to coral calcification monitoring stations to measure coral and algal calcification rates
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL
End Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL
Start Date: 2014-04-28
End Date: 2014-05-16
Equipment Used: Digital Camera, Ohaus Balance, Settling Plates, Sea-Bird Wave and Tide Logger (SBE 26plus), Other, Garmin GPS
Information to be Derived: Mass of calcium carbonate gained per unit time for corals 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: Data were collected at the five sites including underwater temperature, and calcification rate of corals and algae.
Staff: Ilsa Kuffner, Jennifer Morrison, Billy Reynolds, Kelsey Roberts, Lauren Toth
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Onset Hobo Water Temp Pro v2 sensors used to collect underwater temperature (2 units per site)
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:
Biscayne National Park, Fowey Rocks Light (Homestead, FL) FKNMS, Crocker Reef (Islamorada, FL) FKNMS, Molasses Reef (Key Largo, FL) FKNMS, Sombrero Reef (Marathon, FL) Dry Tortugas National Park (Key West, FL)
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 25.6 | South: 24.5 | West: -82.8 | East: -80 |
Platform(s):
 Sallenger |
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.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Camera | --- | Photo Video | |
| 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) |
| Settling Plates | --- | Experiments (biological) Surveys (biological) | |
| Sea-Bird Wave and Tide Logger (SBE 26plus) | --- | Temperature Tide Wave Mooring (physical oceanography) | |
| Other | --- | --- | --- |
| Garmin GPS | --- | Navigation |
