Field Activity Details for field activity 2025-303-FA

Other ID: none

Status: Pending

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

Funding Program(s): GRRASP - Ocean Conditions (GX.25.MN00.UXB04.00), Natural Resources Preservation Program - NPS (GX.25.MN00.UTH23.00)

Principal Investigator(s): Ilsa Kuffner

Affiliate Investigator(s): Amanda Bourque, NPS

Information Specialist(s): Anastasios Stathakopoulos, Ilsa Kuffner

Data Type(s): Biological Field Study: Experiments (biological), 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 temperature data from deployed temperature sensors.

Vehicle(s): Ford F-350 Dually Grey (GSA), Ford Expedition Green

Start Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL

End Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL

Start Date: 2025-03-03

End Date: 2025-03-16

Equipment Used: Balance, Tiles, 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 pvc tiles. Hourly temperature data for past 6 months.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Deploy new experiment testing Acropora palmata growth variables of colonies from assisted reproduction vs. founder colonies.

Staff: Christopher Bemelmans, Benjamin Galbraith, Anastasios Stathakopoulos, Ilsa Kuffner, Billy Reynolds

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Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2024-312-FA.

Location:

Biscayne National Park (Miami, FL); Hen & Chicken's Reef, FKNMS (Tavernier, FL)

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