Overview Field Activity Collections System (FACS) Log Example

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| Topic                       | Information                            |
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| USGS Activity ID            | 08CRD01                                |
|                             |                                        |
| i.e. YYPRJ## \*             |                                        |
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| Other ID (if any)           | Program: TFME                          |
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| Organization(s) /           | United States Geological Survey, Saint |
| Program(s)                  | Petersburg, Florida, Center for        |
|                             | Coastal and Watershed Studies/ Coastal |
|                             | and Marine Geology Program             |
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| Project or Theme            | Experimental Investigations of Coral   |
|                             | Reef Degradation                       |
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| Area of Operation           | U.S. Virgin Islands                    |
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| Principal Investigator(s)   | Ilsa B. Kuffner                        |
|                             |                                        |
|                             | Valerie J. Paul -- Smithsonian Marine  |
|                             | Station, Ft. Pierce, FL                |
|                             |                                        |
|                             | Linda J. Walters -- University of      |
|                             | Central Florida Teresa Turner --       |
|                             | University of the Virgin Islands       |
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| Information Specialist(s)   |                                        |
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| Activity Type               | Biological field surveys and           |
|                             | manipulative experiments               |
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| Scientific Purpose/Goals    | The goal of the study is to examine    |
|                             | the process of herbivory in Virgin     |
|                             | Islands National Park, and to conduct  |
|                             | experiments (to be conducted in        |
|                             | Brewer's Bay, St. Thomas) on the       |
|                             | impacts of nuisance macroalgae on      |
|                             | coral recruitment. We will be          |
|                             | surveying sites on St. John, both      |
|                             | inside and outside of the newly        |
|                             | established "no-take" Coral Reef       |
|                             | Monument 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                    | Small vessels                          |
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| Starting Date               | May 30, 2008                           |
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| Starting Port/Location      | Brewer's Bay, St. Thomas               |
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| Ending Date                 | June 13, 2008                          |
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| Ending Port/Location        | Cruz Bay, St. John                     |
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| Equipment Used              | Field monitoring equipment, SCUBA      |
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| Information to be Derived   | Percent cover of macrophytes,          |
| (e.g., Grain Size, Depth to | abundance and size of herbivorous      |
| Basement)                   | 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     |                                        |
| Data Gathered               |                                        |
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| Notes (include staff, shop  | Scientific staff:                      |
| time etc)                   |                                        |
|                             | Ilsa Kuffner - USGS                    |
|                             |                                        |
|                             | Don Hickey -- USGS                     |
|                             |                                        |
|                             | Valerie Paul -- Smithsonian            |
|                             |                                        |
|                             | Raphael Ritson-Williams -- Smithsonian |
|                             |                                        |
|                             | Linda Walters- UCF                     |
|                             |                                        |
|                             | Teresa Turner - UVI                    |
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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 was collected,
PRJ is a 3 letter acronym for the project, task or topical theme the
data was 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. I would
like to caution against strictly geographic specific PRJs and strongly
suggest topical ones instead since we revisit locations for many
purposes. I've asked Arnell Harrison ([aharrison@usgs.gov]{.underline}
x3111) to coordinate assigning these Field Activity Ids with input from
the PIs or project data managers.