1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System

Field Activity 2026-314-FA

Identifier 2026-314-FA
Purpose Site visit to coral calcification monitoring stations to measure coral and algal calcification rates as well as collect temperature data from deployed temperature sensors.
Location Biscayne National Park (Miami, FL)
Info 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.
Comments Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2025-319-FA.
Projects
Platform
25-ft Dusky (R/V Palmatta)
The Dusky (R/V Palmatta) is the newest to our fleet and is a 25' side console Dusky with Twin 200HP Suzuki outboards. This vessel is well equipped for longer offshore transits, well drilling/coral coring, SCUBA diving and other types of environmental sampling.
Vehicles
Ford F-350 Dually Silver
Itinerary
Start St. Petersburg, FL 2026-05-11
End St. Petersburg, FL 2026-05-20
Days in the field ~5
Bounds
West -83.03466797
East -79.96948242
North 25.74052909
South 24.49714632
Marine operations Yes
Scuba operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
National Park Service(NPS)
multiple locations
Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators Ilsa B Kuffner
Crew members
Billy J Reynolds
Scientist, Staff
Ilsa B Kuffner
Scientist, Staff
Anastasios Stathakopoulos
Scientist, Staff
Sierra K Bloomer
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Ilsa B Kuffner
Specialist, Information
Anastasios Stathakopoulos
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Amanda Bourque, NPS

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Ohaus Balance Experiments (biological), Surveys (biological) (no data reported)
Crustose Coralline Algae (CCA) Tiles Experiments (biological) (no data reported)
HOBO Water Temperature Pro V2 Data Logger Temperature (no data reported)
Digital Camera Photo, Video (no data reported)
Global Positioning System (GPS) Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity