SFCN Water Temperature Monitoring (1998 - Ongoing)
Feeley M and Richter L . SFCN Water Temperature Monitoring (1998 - Ongoing). 1998. National Park Service
The South Florida/Caribbean Network (SFCN) conducts long-term water temperature monitoring as part of the nationwide Inventory and Monitoring Division of the National Park Service. Water temperature has been historically collected as a basic parameter of water quality monitoring efforts at coral reef sites throughout the world. There are numerous references in scientific literature suggesting a link between water temperature anomalies and coral colony survivorship. Coral bleaching occurs when the coral host loses zooxanthellae from its tissue due to physiological stress, most often associated with high water temperatures and/or high incidence of solar radiation. Additionally, unusually cold-water temperatures have been found to affect the survivorship of corals and other reef dwelling organisms. Data collected under this protocol will be useful to NPS efforts outside the network such as the Climate Change Response Program’s work to develop climate change strategies. The three primary objectives for this monitoring protocol include: 1) Determine occurrence and duration of warm- and cold-water events that exceed thresholds known to cause stress (e.g., coral bleaching) to coral species for the purpose of interpreting trends in coral community metrics; 2) Determine the status and trends in water temperatures at reef depth; and 3) Assess any correlations of warm-water events and/or cold-water events with coral bleaching and/or disease outbreaks. Temperature loggers are located at reef depth at a position generally representative of the site. Most monitoring locations are between 3 and 20 meters (9.9–65.6 feet [ft]) depth but can reach 30-plus meters (98.4-plus ft) deep. Duplicate loggers are attached at the same point. This project is a repository for all datasets, protocols, reports, and other types of publications pertaining to coral reef monitoring at Biscayne National Park, Buck Island Reef National Monument, Dry Tortugas National Park, Salt River Bay Historical Park and Ecological Preserve, and Virgin Islands National Park.
- Type
- Project
- Authors
- Feeley, Mike; Richter, Lee
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- BISC , BUIS , DRTO , SARI , VIIS
- Keywords
- Aquatic, Biscayne National Park, Buck Island Reef National Monument, Dry Tortugas National Park, National Park Service, Nearshore Coastal Ecosystems, Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve, South Florida/Caribbean Network, Virgin Islands National Park, Water, Water Temperature
Program
Products
- Coral reef ecosystem water temperature monitoring: Protocol narrative—version 1.2
- SFCN Water Temperature Monitoring Standard Operating Procedures - Biscayne National Park, Buck Island Reef National Monument, Dry Tortugas National Park, Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve, Virgin Islands National Park (2025)
- SFCN Water Temperature Monitoring Data - Biscayne National Park, Buck Island Reef National Monument, Dry Tortugas National Park, Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve, Virgin Islands National Park (1998-2011) (Protocol Data)
- SFCN Water Temperature Monitoring Dataset - Biscayne National Park, Buck Island Reef National Monument, Dry Tortugas National Park, Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve, Virgin Islands National Park (1998-2024)
- SFCN Water Temperature Monitoring Standard Operating Procedure WT01: Testing the Precision of HOBO Loggers in a Cold Bath—Version 1.1
- SFCN Water Temperature Monitoring Standard Operating Procedure WT02: Launch HOBO Temperature Pro v2 Logger—Version 1.1
- SFCN Water Temperature Monitoring Standard Operating Procedure WT03: HOBO Temperature Pro v2 Field Data Collection using the HOBO Waterproof Shuttle - U-DTW-1—Version 1.1
- SFCN Water Temperature Monitoring Standard Operating Procedure WT04: Deploying and Retrieving HOBO Pro v2 Temperature Loggers—Version 1.1
- SFCN Water Temperature Monitoring Standard Operating Procedure WT05: HOBO File Renaming Procedure, Conversion, and Storage—Version 1.1
- SFCN Water Temperature Monitoring Standard Operating Procedure WT06: Entering Data into the Excel Field Log—Version 2.1
- SFCN Water Temperature Monitoring Standard Operating Procedure WT08: QA/QC of Newly Imported HOBO Data Files into Aquarius—Version 2.2
- SFCN Water Temperature Monitoring Standard Operating Procedure WT09: Reports, Graphing, and Web Page Data—Version 2.1
- SFCN Water Temperature Monitoring Standard Operating Procedure WT11: Revising the Protocol—Version 1.1
- SFCN Water Temperature Monitoring Standard Operating Procedure WT12: Importing Data to Aquarius Database—Version 1.2
- SFCN Water Temperature Monitoring Standard Operating Procedure WT07 (discontinued): Import *.csv Files into Access Database
- SFCN Water Temperature Monitoring Standard Operating Procedure WT10 (discontinued): Exporting Data to Everglades DataForEVER Database
- SFCN Coral Reef Water Temperature Dataset (1988 - 2018)