Site visit to coral reef erosion monitoring stations to measure loss of reef elevation
Location
Hen & Chickens Reef, Islamorada, FL
Summary
The dive team located and measured reef-elevation loss at n = 16 "monuments" and n = 12 "rods." GPS locations and depths (FSW) were obtained for each monument / rod, and photographs and video were taken of them and the surrounding reef. A coral bleaching event was observed, including all of the main reef-building coral species. Heterogeneity in bleaching severity was noted among species and individual colonies within species.
Info derived
Height of reef loss per unit time
Comments
Kuffner, I.B., Toth, L.T., Hudson, J.H., Goodwin, W.B., Stathakopoulos, A., Bartlett, L.A., and Whitcher, E.M., 2019, Experimental data on construction and erosion of Orbicella coral reefs in the Florida Keys, U.S.A.: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P92NVINW.
Photographic images (JPEG) of the seafloor collected with underwater cameras at twenty-eight reef-erosion markers located at Hen and Chickens Reef Sanctuary Preservation Area
Photographic images of the seafloor collected with underwater cameras at twenty-eight reef-erosion markers located at Hen and Chickens Reef Sanctuary Preservation Area
