AKA: none
Other ID: S-3-04-MU
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Mendenhall Research (MU174)
Principal Investigator(s): Greg Piniak
Affiliate Investigator(s): Eric Brown
Information Specialist(s): Greg Piniak
Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Light, Environmental Data: Temperature, Sampling: Geology, Environmental Data: Fluorescence
Scientific Purpose/Goals: measure coral growth rates under sediment stress; coral PAM fluorometry under sediment stress
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Maalaea, Maui
End Port/Location: Maalaea, Maui
Start Date: 2004-07-17
End Date: 2004-07-29
Equipment Used: lightmeter, temperature, sedimenttrap, fluorometer
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: July 17: arrive Maui July 18: retrieve coral transplants and sediment traps from Harbor July 19: buoyant weights for transplants July 20: lab prep for PAM experiment at Maui Ocean Center July 21: return coral transplants to original collection site; dismantle transp lant sites in Harbor, lab prep for PAM experiment July 22: calibrate PAM light meter and LI-192SA, collect corals offshore of Sug ar Beach with Maui Ocean Center staff for PAM experiment July 23: CRAMP monitoring dives with Eric Brown and Hawaii DLNR staff; prepare corals for PAM experiment, collect sediment for PAM experiment July 24: retrieve transplants and sediment traps from Sugar Beach, begin PAM ex periment July 25: PAM experiment, buoyant weight for Sugar Beach corals July 26-28: PAM experiment July 29: dismantle PAM experiment, measure coral surface areas
Staff:
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Transplant site; location; depth (m) Sugar Beach 20d 47.222N, 156d 28.250W 2 meters Malaea dock 20d 47.460N, 156d 30.800W 2 meters Malaea Triangle 20d 47.467N, 156d 30.688W 2 meters Malaea East mole 2 20d 47.488N, 156d 30.599W 2.5 meters Coral collection for PAM experiment Offshore Sugar Beach 20d 46.459N, 156d 28.869W depth = 12-15 m Sediment collection for PAM experiment: Malaea Harbor 20d 47.539N, 156d 30.626W depth = 3 m Sugar Beach 20d 47.798N, 156d 30.074W depth less than 0.1 m
Location:
HI
Boundaries | |||
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North: 21 | South: 20.25 | West: -156.75 | East: -155.75 |
Platform(s):
none |
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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lightmeter | --- | Light | |
temperature | --- | Temperature | |
sedimenttrap | --- | Geology | |
fluorometer | --- | Fluorescence |