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): Biological Field Study: Experiments (biological), Environmental Data: Temperature, Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Site visit to coral calcification monitoring stations to measure coral and algal calcification rates
Vehicle(s): White Dodge Pickup - White
Start Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL
End Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL
Start Date: 2017-04-17
End Date: 2017-05-07
Equipment Used: Coral Slabs, Balance, Balance Temperature Logger, HOBO Water Temperature Pro V2 Data Logger, Sea-Bird Wave and Tide Logger (SBE 26plus), Digital Camera, GPS , Other
Information to be Derived: Mass of calcium carbonate gained per unit time for corals Porites astreoides and Acropora cervicornis and crustose coralline algal communities on nylon tiles. Hourly temperature data for past 6 months. Porites astreoides coral samples for geochemical, growth, fecundity, zoox identity, and other analyses.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Sampling of Porites astreoides colonies occurred 4-17-17 to 4-27-17 for all four sites. Elizabeth Lenz from University of Hawaii was with us to sample P. astreoides tissue for genetics, zooxanthella clade, and fecundity. All sampling in DRTO, including set-up of Acropora palmata, occurred 4-23-17 to 4-25-2017. Acropora palmata set-up for main Keys sites occurred 5-3-17 to 5-7-17.
Staff: Lucy Bartlett, Ilsa Kuffner, Billy Reynolds, Anastasios Stathakopoulos
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: "Other" Staffing: Elizabeth Lenz, NSF GRIP intern from University of Hawaii, accompanied us on both sampling trips.
"Other" equipment used to sample corals: tile saw and water-pick.
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, Sombrero Reef (Marathon, FL) Dry Tortugas National Park (Key West, FL)
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 25.55040184 | South: 24.42902087 | West: -82.6227 | East: -80.01888602 |
Platform(s):
 Halimeda | Other |
Chapron, L., Kuffner, I.B., Kemp, D.W., Hulver, A.M., Keister, E., Stathakopoulos, A., Bartlett, L.A., Lyons, E.O., Grottoli, A.G., 2023, Experimental Coral-Physiology Data for Acropora palmata in Florida, USA: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9FIBAKX.
Gallery, D.N., Green, M.L., Kuffner, I.B., Lenz, E.A., Toth, L.T., 2021, Genetic structure and diversity of the mustard hill coral Porites astreoides along the Florida Keys reef tract: Marine Biodiversity, Mar. Biodivers., v. 51 no. 4, doi: 10.1007/s12526-021-01196-7.
Gallery, D.N., Toth, L.T., Kuffner, I.B., 2021, DNA microsatellite markers for Mustard Hill coral (Porites astreoides) from the Florida Keys reef tract: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9R8NZ2J.
Kuffner, I.B., 2018, Underwater temperature on off-shore coral reefs of the Florida Keys, U.S.A. (ver. 3.0, March 2018): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F71C1TZK.
Kuffner, I.B., Lenz, E.A., Bartlett, L.A., Stathakopoulos, A., Morrison, J.M., 2021, Experimental coral-growth and physiological data and time-series imagery data for Porites astreoides in the Florida Keys, U.S.A. U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P955KBD3.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coral Slabs | --- | Experiments (biological) Surveys (biological) | Parrotfish_HCreef (Data describing the species, life phase, size class, and abundance of parrotfish found at Hen and Chickens Reef Sanctuary Preservation Area) Eroding_Sponges_HCreef (Data describing the eroding-sponge species, area of reef covered, and percentage covered by the species found at Hen and Chickens Reef Sanctuary Preservation Area) Benthic_cover_HCreef (Data describing the biotic and abiotic entities covering the seafloor at Hen and Chickens Reef Sanctuary Preservation Area) |
| Balance | --- | Experiments (biological) Surveys (biological) | |
| Balance Temperature Logger | --- | Experiments (biological) Surveys (biological) | |
| HOBO Water Temperature Pro V2 Data Logger | --- | Temperature | FL_coral_underwater_temps_to_Nov2017.zip (Underwater temperature data recorded every fifteen minutes from 2009 to 2017 at five off-shore coral reefs in the Florida Keys) |
| Sea-Bird Wave and Tide Logger (SBE 26plus) | --- | Temperature Tide Wave Mooring (physical oceanography) | |
| Digital Camera | --- | Photo Video | |
| GPS | --- | Navigation | |
| Other | --- | --- | --- |
