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Field Activity Details for field activity 2024-309-FA

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Other ID: Keys biosurveillance

Status: Pending

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

Funding Program(s): Emerging Disease (GX.24.MN00.UYC22.00 )

Principal Investigator(s): Christina Kellogg

Affiliate Investigator(s): Ian Hewson, Cornell University

Information Specialist(s): Julie Voelschow

Data Type(s): Biological Field Study: Surveys (biological)

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To screen water, benthic surfaces, and fishes for the presence of the ciliate that caused Diadema mass mortality in 2022

Vehicle(s): Ford Expedition Green

Start Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL

End Port/Location: Key Largo, FL

Start Date: 2024-05-03

End Date: 2024-05-06

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Information to be Derived: Presence/absence data from qPCR or PCR screening of sample filters and swabs

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Location:

Offshore Key Largo - Tavernier

Boundaries
North: 25.012 South: 24.961 West: -80.376 East: -80.491

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