Field Activity Details for field activity 2023-321-FA

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Guidance of Reef Restoration Action for Shoreline Protection - GRRASP (GX.26.MN00.UXB01.00)

Principal Investigator(s): Ilsa Kuffner

Affiliate Investigator(s):

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

Data Type(s): Sampling: Biology, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Imagery: Photo, Environmental Data: Temperature, Biological Field Study: Experiments (biological)

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Site visit to coral calcification monitoring stations to set up sites to measure coral and algal calcification rates.

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

Start Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL

End Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL

Start Date: 2023-05-15

End Date: 2023-05-26

Equipment Used: Other, GPS , Digital Camera, HOBO Water Temperature Pro V2 Data Logger, Balance

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.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Site visit to coral calcification monitoring stations to set up sites BBN, BRW, SHD and Fowey to measure coral and algal calcification rates.

Staff: Lucy Bartlett, Anastasios Stathakopoulos, Ilsa Kuffner, Billy Reynolds

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Notes: Vehicle(s): Ford F-350 Dually - either dually is fine
Platform(s): Halimeda or Dusky
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2020-307-FA.

Location:

Biscayne National Park, Fowey Rocks Light (Homestead, FL)

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