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
Data Type(s): Other: Unknown, Biological Field Study: Experiments (biological), Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Primary purpose is a site visit to coral calcification monitoring stations to collect coral calcification rate measurements. Staff will measure and weigh corals and collect and replace temperature loggers and algae settlement disks.
Vehicle(s): None
Start Port/Location: Christiansted, VI
End Port/Location: Christiansted, VI
Start Date: 2023-10-17
End Date: 2023-10-21
Equipment Used: Crustose Coralline Algae (CCA) Tiles, HOBO Water Temperature Pro V2 Data Logger, Ohaus Balance, Digital Camera
Information to be Derived: ESA-listed coral growth rates
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Site visit to coral calcification monitoring stations to assess coral health status and collect temperature data and algae tile samples. Because corals were heavily bleached, we did not collect coral calcification data. Photographic imagery was also collected. Completed.
Staff: Anastasios Stathakopoulos, Ilsa Kuffner
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2023-303-FA.
Location:
Buck Island Reef National Monument, St. Croix, USVI
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 17.79211382 | South: 17.78190285 | West: -64.62915336 | East: -64.60828027 |
Platform(s):
Kuffner, I.B., Stathakopoulos, A., Ewen, K.A., Brennan, R.N., 2026, Underwater Temperature at Buck Island Reef National Monument Coral Reefs, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P14HBYNX.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crustose Coralline Algae (CCA) Tiles | --- | Experiments (biological) | |
| HOBO Water Temperature Pro V2 Data Logger | --- | Temperature | |
| Ohaus Balance | --- | Experiments (biological) Surveys (biological) | No data was collected |
| Digital Camera | --- | Photo Video |
