Website

http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/crest/

Region(s)

NE, SE

Summary

Coral calcification rates

Parameters

Siderastrea siderea coral calcification rates, linear extension rates, crustose coraline algae recruitment, percent area of coral skeletons excavated by bioeroding fauna, coral transplant colony length and width, grazing intensity, community composition (counts), temperature (deg. C), depth (m), salinity, dissolved oxygen (mg/L), pH, virus/bacteria concentration (mL^-1)

Notes

Application

Use of both process and monitoring activities to aid understanding of the resilience of shallow water reef environments.

Publications

Publications

Start

2009

End

Current

Frequency

Semiannual

Method

Transplant of 80 whole colonies of S. siderea to 4 outer-reef sites, systematic measurement of calcification rates directly via the buoyant weight method, a;iaarin red S stain, plastic tiles for crustose algal growth by weight, grazing by count of parrot-fish bite marks

Discontinuity

Data Location

By Request - United States Geological Survey St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Data Format

Habitats

Water Column Coral/Coral Reef

Recommended Citation

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center. (2017). USGS Coral Reef Ecosystem Studies (CREST) Project. Updated 12/14/2020. Distributed by: SEACAR Data Discovery Interface, Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection, Florida Department of Environmental Protection. https://dev.seacar.waterinstitute.usf.edu/programs/details/899.

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