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): Kimberly Yates, David Zawada
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Joseph Fredericks, Billy Reynolds
Data Type(s): Sonar: Multibeam
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Sediment accumulation in area of survey
Vehicle(s): Ford F-350 Dually White (GSA)
Start Port/Location: Ramrod Key, FL
End Port/Location: Ramrod Key, FL
Start Date: 2018-02-04
End Date: 2018-02-14
Equipment Used: Multibeam Bathymetry System
Information to be Derived: Bottom elevations
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Multibeam Bathymetry
Staff: Nancy DeWitt, Andrew Farmer, Joseph Fredericks, Billy Reynolds, Hunter Wilcox
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Survey split into 3 legs due to weather.
Leg 1: 12/12/17-12/17/17
Leg 2: 2/4/18-2/10/18
Leg 3: 3/9/18-3/11/18
Location:
Looe Key Reef, Florida Keys
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 24.59083661 | South: 24.53172595 | West: -81.46027565 | East: -81.3610321 |
Platform(s):
 Sallenger |
Fredericks, J.J., Reynolds, B.J., Farmer, A.S., Yates, K.K., Zawada, D.G., 2019, Multibeam bathymetry data collected in December 2017, February and March 2018 at Looe Key, the Florida Keys: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9P2V7L0.
Murphy, K.A., Yates, K.K., 2021, Looe Key, Florida, 2016â2017 seafloor elevation stability models, maps, and tables: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9YDBJDO.
Yates, K.K., Fehr, Z., Johnson, S., Zawada, D., 2024, Impact of Hurricane Irma on coral reef sediment redistribution at Looe Key Reef, Florida, USA: Ocean Science, v. 20 no. 3, pp. 661–688, doi: 10.5194/os-20-661-2024.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multibeam Bathymetry System | --- | Multibeam | Looe_Key_2017_2018_MBB_xyz.zip (Processed elevation point data (xyz) as derived from a 1-meter grid provided in WGS84) |
