Field Activity 12CBC04

Identifier 12CBC04
Purpose Site visit to coral calcification monitoring stations to measure coral and algal calcification rates.
Location Biscayne National Park, Fowey Rocks Light (Homestead, FL) FKNMS, Molasses Reef (Key Largo, FL) FKNMS, Sombrero Reef (Marathon, FL) Dry Tortugas National Park (Key West, FL)
Summary Measured buoyant mass of n = 10 colonies of Siderastrea siderea, and dry mass of crustose coralline algae gained on n = 10 tiles. Maintenance of station.
Info derived Mass of calcium carbonate gained per unit time for coral Siderastrea siderea and crustose coralline algal communities on nylon tiles. Hourly temperature data for past 6 months.
Comments Additional Equipment Used: Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus (SCUBA)
Platform
Halimeda
Itinerary
Start Homestead, FL 2012-11-01
End Key West, FL 2012-11-14
Bounds
West -82.7728
East -80.0956
North 25.59042
South 24.62687
Topic 10

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators Ilsa B Kuffner
Crew members
Christopher D Reich
Scientist, Staff
Ilsa B Kuffner
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Emily S Klipp
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Biological Field Study, Environmental Data, Imagery, Location-Elevation
Data type: Experiments (biological), Surveys (biological), Meteorology, Temperature, Photo, Navigation

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Sea-Bird Wave and Tide Logger (SBE 26plus) combined with temp data Temperature, Tide, Wave, Mooring (physical oceanography) (no data expected)
Balance Experiments (biological), Surveys (biological) (no data reported)
Digital Camera Photo, Video (no data reported)
GPS combined with temp data Navigation (no data expected)
HOBO Pendant Temperature/Light Data Logger 64K Light, Temperature 3
Tiles Experiments (biological) 2

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
12CBC04-EN-pd-1 HOBO Pendant Temperature/Light Data Logger 64K Underwater temperature on off-shore coral reefs Ilsa B Kuffner
FL_coral_underwater_temps_to_Dec2016.csv HOBO Pendant Temperature/Light Data Logger 64K Underwater temperature data recorded every fifteen minutes from 2009 to 2016 at five off-shore coral reefs in the Florida Keys. Ilsa B Kuffner
FL_coral_underwater_temps_to_Nov2015.csv HOBO Pendant Temperature/Light Data Logger 64K Underwater temperature data recorded every fifteen minutes from 2009 to 2015 at five off-shore coral reefs in the Florida Keys. Ilsa B Kuffner

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Growth_SST_Sr_Mg_39_corals Tiles Growth and geochemical data for 39 Siderastrea siderea corals Ilsa B Kuffner
SrCa_MgCa_all_drill_paths Tiles Strontium and magnesium data for all drill paths for 39 Siderastrea siderea corals Ilsa B Kuffner

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity