Field Activity 13CBC02

Identifier 13CBC02
Purpose Site visit to coral calcification monitoring stations to measure coral and algal calcification rates
Location Biscayne National Park, Fowey Rocks Light (Homestead, FL) FKNMS, Molasses Reef (Key Largo, FL) FKNMS, Sombrero Reef (Marathon, FL)
Summary Measured buoyant mass of n = 10 colonies of Siderastrea siderea, and dry mass of crustose coralline algae gained on n = 10 tiles. Maintenance of station.
Info derived Mass of calcium carbonate gained per unit time for coral Siderastrea siderea and crustose coralline algal communities on nylon tiles. Hourly temperature data for past 6 months.
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.
Itinerary
Start Homestead, FL 2013-04-16
End Marathon, FL 2013-04-22
Bounds
West -81.9772
East -79.95892853
North 25.75743362
South 24.17097716

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators Ilsa B Kuffner
Crew members
Christopher D Reich
Scientist, Staff
Ilsa B Kuffner
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Emily S Klipp
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Biological Field Study, Environmental Data, Imagery
Data type: Experiments (biological), Surveys (biological), Meteorology, Temperature, Photo

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Balance Experiments (biological), Surveys (biological) 1
HOBO Pendant Temperature/Light Data Logger 64K Light, Temperature 3
Digital Camera Photo, Video 1
Tiles Experiments (biological) 2
Coral Slabs Experiments (biological), Surveys (biological) 3

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Orbicella_growth_FL_USA Balance Data describing the growth of corals in the Orbicella annularis species complex from 2013 to 2015 at five off-shore coral reefs in the Florida Keys Ilsa B Kuffner
13CBC02-EN-pd-1 HOBO Pendant Temperature/Light Data Logger 64K Underwater temperature on off-shore coral reefs Ilsa B Kuffner
FL_coral_underwater_temps_to_Dec2016.csv HOBO Pendant Temperature/Light Data Logger 64K Underwater temperature data recorded every fifteen minutes from 2009 to 2016 at five off-shore coral reefs in the Florida Keys. Ilsa B Kuffner
FL_coral_underwater_temps_to_Nov2015.csv HOBO Pendant Temperature/Light Data Logger 64K Underwater temperature data recorded every fifteen minutes from 2009 to 2015 at five off-shore coral reefs in the Florida Keys. Ilsa B Kuffner

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
FL_erosion-photo-record Digital Camera Photographic images of the seafloor collected with underwater cameras at twenty-eight reef-erosion markers located at Hen and Chickens Reef Sanctuary Preservation Area Ilsa B Kuffner
Growth_SST_Sr_Mg_39_corals Tiles Growth and geochemical data for 39 Siderastrea siderea corals Ilsa B Kuffner
SrCa_MgCa_all_drill_paths Tiles Strontium and magnesium data for all drill paths for 39 Siderastrea siderea corals Ilsa B Kuffner
Benthic_cover_HCreef Coral Slabs Data describing the biotic and abiotic entities covering the seafloor at Hen and Chickens Reef Sanctuary Preservation Area Ilsa B Kuffner
Parrotfish_HCreef Coral Slabs Data describing the species, life phase, size class, and abundance of parrotfish found at Hen and Chickens Reef Sanctuary Preservation Area Ilsa B Kuffner
Eroding_Sponges_HCreef Coral Slabs Data describing the eroding-sponge species, area of reef covered, and percentage covered by the species found at Hen and Chickens Reef Sanctuary Preservation Area Ilsa B Kuffner

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity