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

Field Activity 2023-321-FA

Identifier 2023-321-FA
Purpose Site visit to coral calcification monitoring stations to set up sites to measure coral and algal calcification rates.
Location Biscayne National Park, Fowey Rocks Light (Homestead, FL)
Summary Site visit to coral calcification monitoring stations to set up sites BBN, BRW, SHD and Fowey to measure coral and algal calcification rates.
Info derived Mass of calcium carbonate gained per unit time for coral Acropora palmata and crustose coralline algal communities on nylon tiles. Hourly temperature data for past 6 months.
Comments Vehicle(s): Ford F-350 Dually - either dually is fine Platform(s): Halimeda or Dusky Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2020-307-FA.
Projects
Related activities
2020-307-FA: Project
Platform
26-ft Dusky
Vehicles
Ford F-350 Dually White (GSA)
Itinerary
Start St. Petersburg, FL 2023-05-15
End St. Petersburg, FL 2023-05-26
Days in the field 9-14
Bounds
West -80.73852539
East -80.01342773
North 25.36388227
South 24.72687487
Marine operations Yes
Scuba operations Yes

Personnel

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
Lucy A Bartlett
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Ilsa B Kuffner
Specialist, Information
Anastasios Stathakopoulos
Specialist, Information
Lucy A Bartlett
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Other Unknown, Geology, Biology, Chemistry (no data reported)
GPS Navigation (no data reported)
Digital Camera Photo, Video (no data reported)
HOBO Water Temperature Pro V2 Data Logger Temperature (no data reported)
Balance Experiments (biological), Surveys (biological) (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity