Overview Field Activity Collection System (FACS) Log Example

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| Topic                       | Information                            |
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| USGS Activity ID            | 07CRD01                                |
|                             |                                        |
| i.e. YYPRJ## \*             |                                        |
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| Other ID (if any)           |                                        |
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| Organization(s)/ Program(s) | United States Geological Survey, St.   |
|                             | Petersburg, FL, Biological Resources   |
|                             | Division/ Coastal and Marine Geology   |
|                             | Program, Smithsonian Marine Station,   |
|                             | University of Central Florida and Dry  |
|                             | Tortugas National Park                 |
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| Project/Theme               | Experimental Investigations of Coral   |
|                             | Reef Degradation                       |
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| Area of Operation           | Dry Tortugas National Park, FL         |
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| Principal Investigator(s)   | Ilsa B. Kuffner -- USGS                |
|                             |                                        |
|                             | Valerie J. Paul -- Smithsonian Marine  |
|                             | Station, Ft. Pierce, FL                |
|                             |                                        |
|                             | Linda J. Walters -- University of      |
|                             | Central Florida                        |
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| Information Specialist(s)   | Ilsa B. Kuffner                        |
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| Activity Type               | Biological field surveys               |
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| Scientific Purpose/Goals    | The goal of the study is to examine    |
|                             | the important reef process of          |
|                             | herbivory in Dry Tortugas National     |
|                             | Park. We will be surveying sites both  |
|                             | inside and outside of the newly        |
|                             | established "no-take" Research Natural |
|                             | Area so that changes in trophic        |
|                             | structure and herbivory rates          |
|                             | resulting from protection from all     |
|                             | fishing can be evaluated over time.    |
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| Platform                    | M/V 'Fort Jefferson' and small vessel  |
|                             | M/V 'Halimeda'                         |
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| Starting Date               | October 15, 2007                       |
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| Starting Port/Location      | Key West, FL                           |
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| Ending Date                 | October 21, 2007                       |
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| Ending Port/Location        | Key West, FL                           |
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| Equipment Used              | Field monitoring equipment, SCUBA      |
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| Information to be Derived   | Percent cover and biomass of           |
| (e.g., Grain Size, Depth to | macrophytes, abundance and size of     |
| Basement)                   | herbivorous fishes, density of         |
|                             | herbivorous sea urchins, estimates of  |
|                             | grazing intensity, rugosity of the     |
|                             | substratum, percent live coral cover,  |
|                             | and percent cover by other             |
|                             | invertebrates.                         |
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| Summary of Activity and     | We will collect data via SCUBA at      |
| Data Gathered               | randomly selected sites within the two |
|                             | most abundant habitat types -- low     |
|                             | relief hard bottom, and patch reef, as |
|                             | well as some areas of special concern  |
|                             | to the DTNP Division of Resources.     |
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| Notes (include staff, shop  | Scientific staff aboard the cruise:    |
| time etc)                   |                                        |
|                             | Ilsa Kuffner - USGS                    |
|                             |                                        |
|                             | Don Hickey -- USGS                     |
|                             |                                        |
|                             | Valerie Paul -- Smithsonian            |
|                             |                                        |
|                             | Raphael Ritson-Williams - Smithsonian  |
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\*The St. Petersburg naming convention is as follows: YYPRJ##, where YY
is a 2 digit abbreviation for the calendar year the data were collected,
PRJ is a 3 letter acronym for the project, task or theme the data were
collected under and \## is a sequential number for each field activity
under that PRJ for that calendar year. If a project already has adopted
a standardized unique and meaningful field activity naming convention,
there are ways to incorporate it into the system. Please caution against
using strictly geographic specific PRJs. We strongly suggest using
topical ones instead, since locations may be revisited for various
purposes during a field season. Arnell Harrison
([aharrison@usgs.gov]{.underline} x3111) will coordinate assigning these
Field Activity Ids with input from the PIs or project data managers.