A geological perspective on the preservation and restoration of Florida’s coral reefs Lauren T. Toth, Ilsa B. Kuffner, & Anastasios Stathakopoulos U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey
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A geological perspective on the preservation and restoration of
Florida’s coral reefs
Lauren T. Toth, Ilsa B. Kuffner, & Anastasios StathakopoulosU.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
U.S. Department of the InteriorU.S. Geological Survey
Habitat
Islamorada, FL Keys, after Hurricane Irma
Shoreline protection Tourism
$375 billion/yr to Florida’s economy (NOAA)
1971
Photos courtesy of Gene Shinn
1998
1971 1988
2004
Photos courtesy of Gene ShinnGrecian Rocks, Florida Keys
Hen & Chickens Reef, FL Keys
1998 elevation
Reef erosion is becoming a dominant process
2015 elevation
Reef erosion rate:-5.5 ± 3.2 mm yr-1
Kuffner, Toth, et al. in review
Harold Hudson’s “monuments” (n = 28) used to measure reef
erosion (est. 1998)One of the only direct measurements of