| Identifier | 2019-368-FA | ||||||||
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| Purpose | Primary purpose is a site visit to coral calcification monitoring stations to measure coral and algal calcification rates - extending the coral-calcification assessment network to another NPS unit in the U.S. Virgin Islands: Buck Island Reef National Monument (BUIS). | ||||||||
| Location | Buck Island Reef National Monument, St. Croix, USVI | ||||||||
| Summary | Mass of calcium carbonate gained per unit time for Acropora palmata and P. strigosa corals and crustose coralline algal communities on nylon tiles. Hourly temperature data for past 6 months. Field photographs of calcification stations and photographs of corals. | ||||||||
| Info derived | ESA-listed coral growth rates; underwater temperature; algal accretion rates. | ||||||||
| Comments | Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2019-321-FA | ||||||||
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| Vehicles | None |
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| Marine operations | Yes | ||||||||
| Scuba operations | Yes |
| Organization |
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
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| Principal investigators | Ilsa B KuffnerLauren T Toth | ||||
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| Data category: | Biological Field Study, Environmental Data, Imagery, Location-Elevation, Sampling |
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| Data type: | Experiments (biological), Temperature, Photo, Video, Navigation, Biology |
| Equipment | Usage description | Data types | Datasets |
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| HOBO Water Temperature Pro V2 Data Logger | Temperature | (no data reported) | |
| Digital Camera | Photo, Video | 1 | |
| Balance | Experiments (biological), Surveys (biological) | (no data expected) | |
| Pneumatic Drill | Experiments (biological), Surveys (biological) | (no data expected) | |
| Settling plates | Experiments (biological), Surveys (biological) | 2 | |
| Other | Unknown, Surveys (biological), Experiments (biological) | (no data expected) | |
| Other | Unknown, Meteorology, CTD, Temperature, pH, CO2, Radon, Conductivity, Current, Dissolved Oxygen, Turbidity, Fluorescence, Wave, ORP, Tide, Methane, Depth, Light, Nitrate, Gas Hydrates, Density, Sediment Properties, Osmometic Pressure, Chlorophyll, Nutrients, Pressure | (no data expected) | |
| Garmin GPS | in water temp spreadsheet | Navigation | (no data expected) |
| Other | Unknown, Geology, Biology, Chemistry | (no data expected) |
| Dataset name | Equipment | Description | Dataset contact |
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| VI_coral_photo_record | Digital Camera | Photographic time-series images (JPEG) of coral condition during the growth experiment | Ilsa B Kuffner |
| Palmata_growth_VI_USA | Settling plates | Data describing the growth of the coral Acropora palmata from 2019 to 2021 at three sites in Buck Island Reef National Monument | Ilsa B Kuffner |
| Strigosa_growth_VI_USA | Settling plates | Data describing the growth of the coral Pseudodiploria strigosa from 2019 to 2021 at three sites in Buck Island Reef National Monument | Ilsa B Kuffner |