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Field Activity Details for field activity 2023-311-FA

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Other ID: Keys Carbonate Budgets 2023

Status: Pending

Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s): Other (Other)

Principal Investigator(s): Lauren Toth

Affiliate Investigator(s): Johnson, Selena

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Biological Field Study: Surveys (biological)

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect reef census data that will be used to construct carbonate-budget-based estimates of reef-accretion potential.

Vehicle(s): Ford F-350 Dually Grey (GSA)

Start Port/Location: Key West, FL

End Port/Location: Little Torch Key, FL

Start Date: 2023-07-09

End Date: 2023-07-21

Equipment Used: Digital Camera

Information to be Derived: Reef imagery and counts of reef bioeroders

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Erin Lyons, Benjamin Galbraith, Anastasios Stathakopoulos, Selena Johnson

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Florida Key coral reefs

Boundaries
North: 25.02986544 South: 24.22292086 West: -83.10058594 East: -80.79785317

Platform(s):

photo of 26-ft Dusky
26-ft Dusky

Publications

Toth, L.T., Johnson, S.A., Lyons, E.O., Spadaro, J., Stathakopoulos, A., Bloomer, S., Mallon, J., Jenkins, C.M., Williams, S.D., Combs, I., Craig, Z., Muller, E., 2025, Coral restoration can drive rapid increases in reef accretion potential: Scientific Reports, v. 15 no. 1, 28353 p., doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-04818-3.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Digital Camera --- Photo
Video

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