| Identifier | 2021-324-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 | Site visit to coral calcification monitoring stations in St Croix, USVI were completed. Corals were successfully measured and temperature loggers and algae disks retrieved by NPS personnel. | ||||||||
| Info derived | ESA-listed coral growth rates; underwater temperature; algal accretion rates. | ||||||||
| Comments | Fieldwork will take about 5 days to complete. Dates listed represent the window of time within which the weather dependent work will be completed. USGS staff are not traveling at this time due to Covid-19 restrictions: NPS staff will be completing this work. Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2021-309-FA | ||||||||
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| Marine operations | Yes | ||||||||
| Scuba operations | Yes |
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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 |
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| HOBO Water Temperature Pro V2 Data Logger | Temperature | (no data reported) | |
| 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 reported) | |
| Digital Camera | Photo, Video | (no data reported) | |
| Digital Camera | Photo, Video | (no data reported) | |
| Garmin GPS | Navigation | (no data reported) | |
| Other | Unknown, Geology, Biology, Chemistry | (no data reported) |