Field Activity Details for field activity 2025-308-FA

Other ID: none

Status: Pending

Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, Dry Tortugas National Park

Funding Program(s): GRRASP - Ocean Conditions (GX.25.MN00.UXB04.00)

Principal Investigator(s): Ilsa Kuffner

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Anastasios Stathakopoulos, Ilsa Kuffner

Data Type(s): 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: 2025-06-06

End Date: 2025-06-14

Equipment Used: 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 crustose coralline algal communities on pvc tiles. Hourly temperature data for past 6 months. Conductivity, temperature and depth. dissolved oxygen.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collect oceanographic instrumentation and data, biological samples, and photographs. Deploy oceanographic instrumentation.

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

Location:

Dry Tortugas National Park (Key West, FL), Hen & Chickens Reef (Islamorada, FL)

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