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, Anastasios Stathakopoulos, Ilsa Kuffner
Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Wave, Biological Field Study: Experiments (biological), Environmental Data: CTD, Environmental Data: Dissolved Oxygen, Environmental Data: Temperature, Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Site visit to coral calcification monitoring stations to measure coral and algal calcification rates as well as collect CTD, dissolved 02, wave sensor data and temperature data. Assess Hurricane Ian damage to corals and instruments and perform recovery/stabilization actions
Vehicle(s): Ford F-350 Dually White (GSA)
Start Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL
End Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL
Start Date: 2022-10-17
End Date: 2022-10-28
Equipment Used: Balance, Tiles, Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) Logger/Probe, Sea-Bird CT Logger (SBE 37 MicroCAT), Other, HOBO Water Temperature Pro V2 Data Logger, Sea-Bird Wave and Tide Logger (SBE 26plus), Digital Camera, GPS
Information to be Derived: Mass of calcium carbonate gained per unit time for coral Acropora palmata and crustose coralline algal communities on nylon tiles. Hourly temperature data for past 6 months. Conductivity, temperature and depth. Dissolved Oxygen. Wave sensor data.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Successful site visit, sensor data downloaded and calcification rates recorded.
Staff: Erin Lyons, Anastasios Stathakopoulos, Ilsa Kuffner, Billy Reynolds
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2022-313-FA.
Other equipment for Dissolved Oxygen is - Hobo dissolved Oxygen data logger U26-001
Other equipment for the Wave Sensor is - RBR SoloD.wave
Location:
Dry Tortugas National Park (Key West, FL)
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 24.82662496 | South: 24.48048275 | West: -83.13715822 | East: -82.61352817 |
Platform(s):
 Halimeda |
Kuffner, I.B., 2023, Underwater temperature on off-shore coral reefs of the Florida Keys, U.S.A. (ver. 8.0, February 2023): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F71C1TZK.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balance | --- | Experiments (biological) Surveys (biological) | |
| Tiles | --- | Experiments (biological) | |
| Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) Logger/Probe | --- | CTD | No data was collected |
| Sea-Bird CT Logger (SBE 37 MicroCAT) | --- | CTD | |
| Other | --- | --- | --- |
| HOBO Water Temperature Pro V2 Data Logger | --- | Temperature | |
| Sea-Bird Wave and Tide Logger (SBE 26plus) | --- | Temperature Tide Wave Mooring (physical oceanography) | |
| Digital Camera | --- | Photo Video | |
| GPS | --- | Navigation | No data was collected |
