Other ID: none
Status: Pending
Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Guidance of Reef Restoration Action for Shoreline Protection - GRRASP (GX.25.MN00.UXB01.00)
Principal Investigator(s): Ilsa Kuffner
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Anastasios Stathakopoulos, Ilsa Kuffner
Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Wave, Biological Field Study: Experiments (biological), Environmental Data: CTD, Environmental Data: Dissolved Oxygen, Environmental Data: Temperature, Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Site visit to coral calcification monitoring stations to measure coral and algal calcification rates as well as collect CTD, dissolved O2, wave sensor data and temperature data.
Vehicle(s): Ford F-350 Dually Grey (GSA)
Start Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL
End Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL
Start Date: 2023-10-25
End Date: 2023-11-17
Equipment Used: Balance, Tiles, Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) Logger/Probe, Sea-Bird CT Logger (SBE 37 MicroCAT), Other, HOBO Water Temperature Pro V2 Data Logger, Digital Camera, GPS
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. Conductivity, temperature and depth. dissolved oxygen. Wave sensor data.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff: Benjamin Galbraith, Erin Lyons, Anastasios Stathakopoulos, Ilsa Kuffner, Billy Reynolds
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Other equipment for Dissolved Oxygen is - Hobo dissolved Oxygen data logger U26-001
Other equipment for the Wave Sensor is - RBR SoloD.wave
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2023-316-FA.
Location:
Dry Tortugas National Park (Key West, FL), Biscayne National Park (Miami, FL)
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 25.74052909 | South: 24.49714632 | West: -83.03466797 | East: -79.96948242 |
Platform(s):
 26-ft Dusky |
Thompson, A.M., Stathakopoulos, A., Hollister, K.J., Lynch, A.M., Holder, J.C., Kuffner, I.B., 2025, Acute heat stress and the extirpation of a threatened coral species from a remote, subtropical reef system: Coral Reefs, v. 44 no. 3, pp. 1023–1030, doi: 10.1007/s00338-025-02653-6.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balance | --- | Experiments (biological) Surveys (biological) | |
| Tiles | --- | Experiments (biological) | |
| Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) Logger/Probe | --- | CTD | |
| Sea-Bird CT Logger (SBE 37 MicroCAT) | --- | CTD | |
| Other | --- | --- | --- |
| HOBO Water Temperature Pro V2 Data Logger | --- | Temperature | |
| Digital Camera | --- | Photo Video | |
| GPS | --- | Navigation |
