SPCMSC scientists work with the National Park Service to assess the impacts of high temperatures on corals in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

The U.S. Geological Survey’s Coral Reef Ecosystem Research (CREST) ​​program provides scientific data to assist the Department of the Interior and other resource managers responsible for managing coral reef resources. This data release contains coral physiology data for Acropora palmata, a staghorn coral, grown at five locations in Florida’s outer reef belt, including Biscayne National Park, Florida Keys National Park, and the