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, Lauren Toth
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Lucy Bartlett
Data Type(s): Biological Field Study: Experiments (biological), Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Primary purpose is installation of three new sites, extending the coral-calcification assessment network to another NPS unit in the U.S. Virgin Islands: Buck Island Reef National Monument (BUIS).
Vehicle(s): None
Start Port/Location: Christiansted, VI
End Port/Location: Christiansted, VI
Start Date: 2019-06-17
End Date: 2019-06-29
Equipment Used: Pneumatic Drill, Digital Camera, Garmin GPS, Balance, Settling plates, Other
Information to be Derived: ESA-listed coral growth rates; underwater temperature; algal accretion rates.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Sites were successfully installed and three locations.
Staff: Ilsa Kuffner, Billy Reynolds, Nathan Smiley, Anastasios Stathakopoulos
Affiliate Staff:
Notes:
Location:
Buck Island Reef National Monument, St. Croix, USVI
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 17.79211382 | South: 17.78190285 | West: -64.62915336 | East: -64.60828027 |
Platform(s):
Other |
Kuffner, I.B., Stathakopoulos, A., Ewen, K.A., Holloway, N.H., Lyons, E.O., Bartlett, L.A., Pollock, C.G., Hillis-Starr, Z.,, 2023, Experimental Coral-Growth Data and Time-Series Imagery for Acropora palmata and Pseudodiploria strigosa in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands: doi: 10.5066/P94BOI9T.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pneumatic Drill | --- | Experiments (biological) Surveys (biological) | No data was collected |
| Digital Camera | --- | Photo Video | |
| Garmin GPS | --- | Navigation | |
| Balance | --- | Experiments (biological) Surveys (biological) | No data was collected |
| Settling plates | --- | Experiments (biological) Surveys (biological) | No data was collected |
| Other | --- | --- | --- |
