Oyster shell heights in June - November 2017 among previously documented oiled and non-oiled reefs in Louisiana, Alabama, and the Florida panhandle



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          Title: 
              Oyster shell heights in June - November 2017 among previously documented oiled and non-oiled reefs in 
              Louisiana, Alabama, and the Florida panhandle
          Alternate title: 
          Date: 
            Date: 
              Date: 
                  2018-05-21
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                  publication
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                Anchor: xlink: https://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7266/N7GB22N9 title: DOI
                  doi:10.7266/N7GB22N9
      Abstract: 
          Shell heights of up to 20 live oysters per size class (spat, seed, market) found in oyster reefs sampled in 
          late spring (June), summer (June-September), and fall (September-November) 2017. Four embayments were 
          sampled from Louisiana to the Florida panhandle, with sites that were previously oiled or non-oiled after 
          the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Within oiled and non-oiled sites, oyster quadrat samples were taken from 
          intertidal, nearshore (along the marsh edge) and subtidal areas, and also from mesohaline and high salinity 
          sites. The top 10 cm of material was collected from the quadrats and returned to the lab for measurement of 
          shell height by calipers.
      Purpose: 
          The purpose of this dataset is to describe the distribution of oyster sizes in areas with documented exposure 
          to oil from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in 2010, as well as control sites (no documented oil exposure). 
          These oyster shell height measurements will help determine the recovery trajectories of oysters in the 
          northern Gulf of Mexico in regards to oiling and the associated response activities.
      Status: 
        Progress code: 
          completed
      Point of contact: 
        Responsible party: 
          Individual name: 
              Sean Powers
          Organisation name: 
              University of South Alabama / Department of Marine Sciences
          Position name: 
              Professor
          Contact info: 
            Contact: 
              Phone: 
                Telephone: 
                  Voice: 
                      2518612141
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              Address: 
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                      Life Sciences Building Room 25
                  City: 
                      Mobile
                  Administrative area: 
                      Alabama
                  Postal code: 
                      36688
                  Country: 
                      USA
                  Electronic mail address: 
                      spowers@disl.org
          Role: 
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              principalInvestigator
      Descriptive keywords: 
        Keywords: 
          Keyword: 
              Crassostrea virginica
          Keyword: 
              Deepwater Horizon oil spill
          Keyword: 
              oil
          Keyword: 
              oyster reef
          Keyword: 
              community assemblage
          Keyword: 
              diversity
          Keyword: 
              shell height
          Keyword: 
              Eastern oyster
          Type: 
            Keyword type code: 
              theme
      Descriptive keywords: 
        Keywords: 
          Keyword: 
              Alabama
          Keyword: 
              Barataria Bay
          Keyword: 
              Florida
          Keyword: 
              Louisiana
          Keyword: 
              Mississippi Sound
          Keyword: 
              Terrebonne Bay
          Keyword: 
              Apalachicola Bay
          Keyword: 
              Panama City
          Keyword: 
              Pensacola Bay
          Keyword: 
              Gulf of Mexico
          Type: 
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              place
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              Kelly Boyle, Sean Powers. 2018. Oyster shell heights in June - November 2017 among previously documented 
              oiled and non-oiled reefs in Louisiana, Alabama, and the Florida panhandle. Distributed by: Gulf of 
              Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC), Harte Research Institute, Texas 
              A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N7GB22N9
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          Temporal element: 
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                Time period: 
                  Description: 
                    ground condition
                  Begin date: 
                    2017-06-13
                  End date: 
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      Supplemental Information: 
          Parameters and Units: Year = the year of sampling Mo = the calendar month of sampling Day = the calendar day 
          of sampling for any given month Time_CST = the time the oyster reef site was sampled; in Central Standard 
          Time Site = the ID given to the sampled site; the first two letter correspond to the embayment Embayment = 
          the generic sampling embayment where the reef can be found; options (4) include: Mississippi Sound (MS), 
          Barataria Bay (BB), Terrebonne Bay (TB), Florida (FL) Basin = location of the oyster reef within the generic 
          sampling embayment: options (26) include: Airport Marsh; Alabama Port; Apalachicola Bay; Barataria Bay, 
          east; Barataria Bay, north; Bay Junop, north; Bay Junop, south; Caillou Lake, north; Coffee Island; Dauphin 
          Island; Dauphin Island Bay; DI Shoals, northwest; East Bay Panama City; East Bay Pensacola; Escambia Bay, 
          Pensacola; Grand Isle; Grand Terre; Hackberry Bay; Heron Bay; Little Dauphin Island; North Bay Panama City; 
          Pensacola Bay, west; Portersville Bay; Terrebonne Bay, north; Terrebonne Bay, west; West Bay Panama City 
          State = the US state where the oyster reef site is located; options (3) include: Louisiana, Alabama, Florida 
          Lat = latitude of oyster reef site (WGS1984) (decimal degrees) Long = longitude of oyster reef site 
          (WGS1984) (decimal degrees) Near_Sub = the tidal regime for the site; options (2) include: nearshore 
          (intertidal, along the marsh edge) and subtidal OilingCat = the oiling category assigned to the site; based 
          on categories assigned by the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Shoreline Cleanup and Assessment 
          Technique (SCAT) maps for non-NRDA sites; categories (2) include: oiled, not oiled SalinityCat = the 
          salinity group assigned to the oyster site, based on the measurement of salinity taken at the time of 
          sampling in 2017; options (2) include meso and high. For Barataria and Terrebonne Bays, high salinity is 
          considered greater than or equal to 19 ppt. For Mississippi Sound, high salinity is considered to be greater 
          than or equal to 21 ppt. For Florida, high salinity is considered to be greater than or equal to 18 ppt. The 
          difference in values is based on the differing salinity regimes in each embayment. WaterTemp_C = water 
          temperature just above the reef at the time of sampling; units are degrees Centigrade Salinity_ppt = 
          salinity just above the reef at the time of sampling; units are ppt (parts per thousand) DO_mgL = dissolved 
          oxygen just above the reef at the time of sampling; reading was taken as close to the oyster reef as 
          possible (surface for intertidal and just above the reef for subtidal reefs); units are mg per L QuadratRep 
          = the quadrat number at the site; a total of 3 quadrats were sampled at each oyster reef site; options (3) 
          include: Q1, Q2, Q3 SampleID = the ID for the quadrat sample taken at the oyster reef; this ID has the 
          format Site-QuadratRep; for example: MS01-Q1 is quadrat 1 from oyster reef number 01 in Mississippi Sound 
          *The following are three groups of 21 columns. The first 20 in the set are measurements of up to 20 
          individual oysters within that size class. The 21st column is the average shell height. Spat1 – Spat20 = the 
          shell height of individual oyster spat; up to 20 oysters were measured per quadrat; shell height was 
          measured as the distance between the umbo and most distal valve margin; units are mm SpatAveSH_mm = the 
          average shell height of spat-sized oysters; units are mm Seed1 – Seed20 = the shell height of individual 
          oyster seed; up to 20 oysters were measured per quadrat; shell height was measured as the distance between 
          the umbo and most distal valve margin; units are mm SeedAveSH_mm = the average shell height of seed-sized 
          oysters; units are mm Market1 – Market20 = the shell height of individual market-sized oysters; up to 20 
          oysters were measured per quadrat; shell height was measured as the distance between the umbo and most 
          distal valve margin; units are mm MarketAveSH_mm = the average shell height of market-sized oysters; units 
          are mm|Four embayments were sampled from Louisiana to the Florida panhandle, with sites that were previously 
          oiled or non-oiled after the Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill. Within oiled and non-oiled sites, oyster quadrat 
          samples were taken from intertidal, nearshore (along the marsh edge) and subtidal areas, and also from 
          mesohaline and high salinity sites. The top 10 cm of material was collected from the quadrats and returned 
          to the lab for enumeration of species.||||
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