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Field Activity Details for field activity 2024-312-FA

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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.24.MN00.UXB01.00)

Principal Investigator(s): Ilsa Kuffner

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Anastasios Stathakopoulos, Ilsa Kuffner

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

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: 2024-05-08

End Date: 2024-05-24

Equipment Used: GPS , Digital Camera, HOBO Water Temperature Pro V2 Data Logger, Sea-Bird CT Logger (SBE 37 MicroCAT), Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) Logger/Probe, Tiles, Balance, Other

Information to be Derived: Mass of calcium carbonate gained per unit time for coral Acropora palmata and crustose coralline algal communities on pvc 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, 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.
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2023-335-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):

photo of 26-ft Dusky
26-ft Dusky

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
GPS --- Navigation
Digital Camera --- Photo
Video
HOBO Water Temperature Pro V2 Data Logger --- Temperature
Sea-Bird CT Logger (SBE 37 MicroCAT) --- CTD
Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) Logger/Probe --- CTD
Tiles --- Experiments (biological)
Balance --- Experiments (biological)
Surveys (biological)
Other --- --- ---

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