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): Ford F-350 Dually White (GSA)
Start Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL
End Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL
Start Date: 2019-05-02
End Date: 2019-05-10
Equipment Used: 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: Weighed corals, swapped temperature loggers, swapped algae tiles
Staff: Ilsa Kuffner, Billy Reynolds, Anastasios Stathakopoulos
Affiliate Staff:
Notes:
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 |
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., 2020, Underwater temperature on off-shore coral reefs of the Florida Keys, U.S.A, v. 5: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balance | --- | Experiments (biological) Surveys (biological) | No data was collected |
| HOBO Water Temperature Pro V2 Data Logger | --- | Temperature | FL_coral_underwater_temps_to_Nov2019.zip (Underwater temperature data recorded every fifteen minutes from 2009 to 2019 at six 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_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) 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) |
| GPS | combined with temp data | Navigation | No data was collected |
