Field Activity Details for field activity 2021-341-FA

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

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Information Specialist(s): Anastasios Stathakopoulos, Ilsa Kuffner, Lucy Bartlett

Data Type(s): Visual Identification: Species ID, Sampling: Biology, Location-Elevation: Transects, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Imagery: Photo, Biological Field Study: Surveys (biological), Biological Field Study: Experiments (biological)

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Re-assessment of benthic communities involved in herbivory inside and outside of the "no-take" Research Natural Area (RNA) designated by the NPS in 2007.

Vehicle(s): Ford F-350 Dually White (GSA), Ford Explorer Blue

Start Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL

End Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL

Start Date: 2021-10-13

End Date: 2021-10-25

Equipment Used: Visual Observation, GPS , Digital Camera

Information to be Derived: Benthic surveys to determine Diadema antillarum and herbivorous fish abundance, percent cover of macroalgae, and species richness of corals and gorgonians at the same 18 randomly selected survey sites that were surveyed in the original assessment in 2007.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Re-assessment of benthic communities involved in herbivory inside and outside of the Research Natural Area (RNA) designated by the NPS in 2007. Benthic surveys were conducted to determine Diadema antillarum and herbivorous fish abundance, percent cover of macroalgae, and species richness of corals and gorgonians at the same 18 randomly selected survey sites that were surveyed in the original assessment in 2007.

Staff: Anastasios Stathakopoulos, Billy Reynolds, Erin Lyons, Ilsa Kuffner

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Notes: NRPP, Ecosystem mission area- Funding Project task-level account number is MN00E3R.14.00

Location:

Dry Tortugas National Park (Key West, FL)

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