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), Environmental Data: Temperature, Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Primary purpose is a site visit to coral calcification monitoring stations to measure coral and algal calcification rates - 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: 2019-11-03
End Date: 2019-11-09
Equipment Used: HOBO Water Temperature Pro V2 Data Logger, Digital Camera, Balance, Pneumatic Drill, Settling plates, Other, Other, Garmin GPS, Other
Information to be Derived: ESA-listed coral growth rates; underwater temperature; algal accretion rates.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Mass of calcium carbonate gained per unit time for Acropora palmata and P. strigosa corals and crustose coralline algal communities on nylon tiles. Hourly temperature data for past 6 months. Field photographs of calcification stations and photographs of corals.
Staff: Kyle Kelso, Ilsa Kuffner
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2019-321-FA
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOBO Water Temperature Pro V2 Data Logger | --- | Temperature | |
| Digital Camera | --- | Photo Video | |
| Balance | --- | Experiments (biological) Surveys (biological) | No data was collected |
| Pneumatic Drill | --- | Experiments (biological) Surveys (biological) | No data was collected |
| Settling plates | --- | Experiments (biological) Surveys (biological) | No data was collected |
| Other | --- | --- | --- |
| Other | --- | --- | --- |
| Garmin GPS | in water temp spreadsheet | Navigation | No data was collected |
| Other | --- | --- | --- |
