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): Lucy Bartlett, Ilsa Kuffner, Anastasios Stathakopoulos
Data Type(s): Biological Field Study: Experiments (biological), Environmental Data: Temperature, Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Site visit to coral calcification monitoring stations to measure coral and algal calcification rates.
Vehicle(s): None
Start Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL
End Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL
Start Date: 2018-10-22
End Date: 2018-11-11
Equipment Used: Coral Slabs, Balance, HOBO Water Temperature Pro V2 Data Logger, Sea-Bird Wave and Tide Logger (SBE 26plus), Other, Digital Camera, GPS
Information to be Derived: Mass of calcium carbonate gained per unit time for corals Acropora palmata and Acropora cervicornis and crustose coralline algal communities on nylon tiles. Hourly temperature data for past 6 months.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Used scuba to collect Acropora palmata and Acropora cervicornis colonies from blocks. Measured buoyant weight and took photographs of each colony. Then returned corals to blocks. Collected nylon tiles off blocks to bring back to lab to weigh and photograph crustose coralline algal communities. Collected and replaced temperature loggers.
Staff: Ilsa Kuffner, Billy Reynolds, Anastasios Stathakopoulos, Hunter Wilcox
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2018-327-FA
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):
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.
Chapron, L., Kuffner, I.B., Kemp, D.W., Hulver, A.M., Keister, E.F., Stathakopoulos, A., Bartlett, L.A., Lyons, E.O., Grottoli, A.G., 2023, Heterotrophy, microbiome, and location effects on restoration efficacy of the threatened coral Acropora palmata: Communications Earth & Environment, v. 4 no. 1, 233 p., doi: 10.1038/s43247-023-00888-1.
Kuffner, I., Stathakopoulos, A., Toth, L., Bartlett, L., 2020, Reestablishing a stepping-stone population of the threatened elkhorn coral Acropora palmata to aid regional recovery: Endangered Species Research, Endang. Species. Res., v. 43, pp. 461–473, doi: 10.3354/esr01083.
Kuffner, I.B., 2019, Underwater temperature on off-shore coral reefs of the Florida Keys, U.S.A, v. 4: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F71C1TZK.
Kuffner, I.B., Stathakopoulos, A., Toth, L.T., Bartlett, L.A., 2020, Experimental coral-growth rates and time-series imagery data for Acropora palmata in the Florida Keys, U.S.A. U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9KZEGXY.
Kuffner, I.B., Stathakopoulos, A., Toth, L.T., Bartlett, L.A., 2020, Experimental coral-growth data and time-series imagery for Acropora palmata in the Florida Keys, U.S.A. U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9KZEGXY.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coral Slabs | --- | Experiments (biological) Surveys (biological) | |
| Balance | --- | Experiments (biological) Surveys (biological) | No data was collected |
| HOBO Water Temperature Pro V2 Data Logger | --- | Temperature | FL_coral_underwater_temps_to_Oct2018.zip (Underwater temperature data recorded every fifteen minutes from 2009 to 2018 at five off-shore coral reefs in the Florida Keys ) |
| Sea-Bird Wave and Tide Logger (SBE 26plus) | --- | Temperature Tide Wave Mooring (physical oceanography) | No data was collected |
| Other | --- | --- | --- |
| Digital Camera | --- | Photo Video | FL_Palmata_photo_record (Photographic time-series images of coral condition during the growth experiment) Palmata_growth_annualized_FL_USA (Data describing the growth of the coral Acropora palmata from 2018 to 2019 at five off-shore coral reefs in the Florida Keys during the 18-month study) Palmata_growth_FL_USA (Data describing the growth of the coral Acropora palmata from 2018 to 2019 at five off-shore coral reefs in the Florida Keys during three time intervals) |
| GPS | combined with temp data | Navigation | No data was collected |
