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

Field Activity 2026-317-FA

Identifier 2026-317-FA
Alternate names DRTO coring and paleocological surveys
Purpose Collect sediment cores, analyze sediment grain sizes, and perform paleoecological surveys on subaerial coral rubble keys.
Location Dry Tortugas National Park, FL
Info derived Sediment grain size, species composition, elevation, GPS coordinates, elevation.
Projects
Platform
Other
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Vehicles
Ford Expedition Green
Itinerary
Start St Peterburg, FL 2026-06-13
End Dry Tortugas National Park, FL 2026-06-19
Days in the field 7
Bounds
West -82.87828445
East -82.86094666
North 24.63157003
South 24.60675699

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators Lauren T TothAnastasios Stathakopoulos
Crew members
Lauren T Toth
Scientist, Staff
Anastasios Stathakopoulos
Scientist, Staff
Daniel J Ciarletta
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Lauren T Toth
Specialist, Information
Anastasios Stathakopoulos
Specialist, Information
Daniel J Ciarletta
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Biological Field Study, Location-Elevation, Sampling, Imagery
Data type: Surveys (biological), Navigation, Geology, Photo

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Push Corer Geology (no data reported)
Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) Camera Photo, Video (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity