Other ID: none
Status: Pending
Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, Dry Tortugas National Park
Funding Program(s): Guidance of Reef Restoration Action for Shoreline Protection - GRRASP (GX.25.MN00.UXB01.00)
Principal Investigator(s): Anastasios Stathakopoulos, Lauren Toth
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Anastasios Stathakopoulos
Data Type(s): Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect fossil Acropora palmata from new locations to better understand this important reef builder's species in the Park, where it has been historically absent
Vehicle(s): Ford Explorer Blue
Start Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL
End Port/Location: Key West, FL
Start Date: 2023-06-11
End Date: 2023-06-16
Equipment Used:
Information to be Derived: Samples of A. palmata skeletons which will be radiometrically dated to determine their age.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Visit sites and look for subfossil A. palmata framework. Collect samples with hammer and chisel.
Staff: Peter Modys, Anastasios Stathakopoulos
Affiliate Staff:
(Peter) Alex Modys
Notes:
Location:
Dry Tortugas National Park
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| North: 24.76678452 | South: 24.40913831 | West: -83.01709011 | East: -82.6962892 |
Platform(s):
Other |
Stathakopoulos, A., Toth, L.T., Modys, A.B., Johnson, S.A., Kuffner, I.B., 2024, Radiometric Ages and Descriptive Data for Late Holocene Acropora spp. Corals From Dry Tortugas National Park: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P13L6DTF.
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