Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Natural Resources Preservation Program - NPS (GX.25.MN00.UTH23.00)
Principal Investigator(s): Ilsa Kuffner
Affiliate Investigator(s): National Park Service
Information Specialist(s):
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: 2024-10-28
End Date: 2024-11-03
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, collect temperature sensor data, and recover algae tile samples. Calcification rate data were not collected because most corals were dead or severely bleached. Removed and disposed of shades that were over dead corals. Photographic imagery was also collected. Completed.
Staff: Anastasios Stathakopoulos, Ilsa Kuffner, Billy Reynolds
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2024-305-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):
Other |
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 | Calcification rate data (mass measurements) were not collected because most corals were dead or severely bleached | Experiments (biological) Surveys (biological) | No data was collected |
| Digital Camera | --- | Photo Video |
