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):
 25-ft Dusky (R/V Palmatta) |
Toth, L.A., Johnson, S.A., Lyons, E.O., Jenkins, C.M., Stathakopoulos, A., Bloomer, S.K., Mallon, J., Combs, I., 2025, Carbonate Budgets, Structure-from-Motion Products, and Topographic Complexity Measurements From Restored and Non-Restored Areas of Coral Reefs in the Lower Florida Keys: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P13HMEON.
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.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Camera | --- | Photo Video |
