Field Activity K110BI

Identifier K110BI
Alternate names K-1-10-BI
Purpose Quantify nearshore water quality conditions and the extent and volume of submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) plumes across west Hawaii coral reefs. Test whether coral bleaching and disease are linked to exposure to SGD or lack thereof. Quantify coral cover and community composition and changes through time at select monitoring sites. Determine the fate of SGD within coral reef settings.
Description United States Geological Survey, Pacific Science Center,National Park Service,Cornell University,University of California, Berkeley. Chief Scientist: Eric Grossman. Submarine groundwater discharge and nearshore water quantity/quality mapping;, coral bleaching and disease mapping; nearshore circulation measurements,, instrument deployments data of field activity K-1-10-BI in Big Island of Hawaii from 06/17/2010 to 06/29/2010
Location Big Island of Hawaii
Info derived Nearshore water quality, circulation processes, groundwater flux, coral species and cover distribution, bleaching and disease occurrence
Comments kayak, and zodiac used Associated field activities Non USGS data manager = Lisa Marrack
Projects
Platform
Kayak
Kayak-type Platform
Itinerary
Start Kailua-Kona, WA 2010-06-17
End Kailua-Kona, WA 2010-06-29
Bounds
West -156.25
East -154.75
North 20.5
South 18.75
Activity t deployments

Personnel

Organization
Cornell University
Organization
National Park Service(NPS)
multiple locations
Organization
University of California, Berkeley
Berkely, CA
Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Eric Grossman
Crew members

Data types and categories

Data category: Sampling
Data type: Biology, Chemistry

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Hand-grab sample Biology, Chemistry, Geology (no data reported)
samples Biology, Chemistry, Geology 1

Datasets


Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Water temperature time-series data from nearshore coral reef and anchialine pool locations along the west coast of Hawaii Island (2010-2013) samples Time-series data of water temperature were collected at 33 locations along the west coast of the Island of Hawaii, including within Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park (KAHO), and Puu o Honaunau National Historical Park (PUHO) between 2010 and 2013 in nearshore coral reef and anchialine pool settings. Temperature sensors were attached to fossil limestone, rock or dead coral within otherwise healthy coral reef settings spanning water depths of 0.1 to 8.84 m (0.3 to 29.0 ft). Continuous measurements were made every 10 or 20 minutes. Due to the large amount of data, the dataset has been split into three files. WaterTempTimeSeries_KAHO-KC.csv includes data from nearshore coral reef locations within Kaloko Bay, which lies within the KAHO boundaries, WaterTempTimeSeries_KAHO.csv includes data from nearshore reef locations and two anchialine pools within the remainder of KAHO, WaterTempTimeSeries_westHawaii.csv includes data from nearshore coral reef locations along west Hawaii coastline, outside of the KAHO boundaries. Eric Grossman

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity