Program Info
- Website
- https://marinegeo.si.edu/place/indian-river-lagoon
- Region(s)
- NE
- Summary
- MarineGEO (marinegeo.si.edu) is a global program. MarineGEO - Indian River Lagoon focuses on both monitoring and experimental work in the Indian River Lagoon, including: annual monitoring of local seagrasses, oyster reefs, soft-sediment (infauna), artificial structures, and mangroves. The MarineGEO program is strongly focused on change of biodiversity over time with manipulative experiments on the causes and consequences.
- Parameters
- reef area (m^2), reef height (cm), oyster percent cover (point-intercept), oyster size frequency distributions (mm), counts of oysters and associated organisms; water temperature (deg. C), salinity, dissolved oxygen (mg/l), CDOM (QSDE), chlorophyl a (ug/l)
- Notes
- MarineGEO needs to be notified and authored on any technical reports or other written products that use their data: Dean S Janiak, Biologist – MarineGEO, Smithsonian Marine Station, 701 Seaway Drive, Ft Pierce, Florida 34949, 772.462.0991
- Application
- Publications
- Start
- 2016
- End
- Current
- Frequency
- Annual
- Method
- Quadrats placed randomly along transects; 1m x 1m quadrats with 100-point grids used for percent cover (point-intercept method); 25cm x 25cm quadrats used for oyster and associated organisms size measurements and counts (sizes measured in mm, up to 50 randomly selected oyster specimens including both live and dead articulated oysters - live versus dead measurements are denoted in the data set); bio-boxes used to census reef-associated fauna >500um. Reef area was initially assessed by GPS and drone photography, but the spreadsheet indicates these measurements are being redone in consultation with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
- Discontinuity
- Not sampled in 2020 due to COVID-19.
- Data Location
- By Request
- Data Format
-
Excel (with geographic coordinates)
- Habitats
- Oyster/Oyster Reef Coastal Wetlands
- SEACAR Citation
- Smithsonian Marine Station at Indian River Lagoon- collaborating with Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP); Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection (RCP); Indian River Lagoon Aquatic Preserves. (2023). Indian River Lagoon Oyster, Coastal Wetlands and Mangroves (MarineGEO site). Updated 01/13/2025. Distributed by: SEACAR Data Discovery Interface, Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection, Florida Department of Environmental Protection. https://data.florida-seacar.org/programs/details/4016
- Alternative Citation
indicates priority attributes


Contacts
Matthew R. Anderson
Program Extent
Export Standardized Data
Habitat(s) : Indicator(s) | Last Updated | File Download |
---|---|---|
Oyster/Oyster Reef : Density, Percent Live, Size Class | 01/13/25 07:00 PM | Download File - Oyster - 4016.zip |
DIP Document | N/A | Download File - DIP |
Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection Managed Areas
Indian River-Malabar to Vero Beach, Indian River-Vero Beach to Ft. Pierce, Jensen Beach to Jupiter Inlet
Indicators
Indicator |
---|
Oyster/Oyster Reef - Density |
Oyster/Oyster Reef - Acreage |
Oyster/Oyster Reef - Percent Live |
Oyster/Oyster Reef - Size Class |
Oyster/Oyster Reef - Additional Indicators |
Coastal Wetlands - Additional Indicators |
Documentation and Data provided by program
File Type | File Name | Added On | Details |
---|---|---|---|
Data | ID4016_Oyster Data_updated 2019.xlsx | 07/29/20 10:36 AM | |
Data | Janiak_IRL_oyster data.xlsx | 07/12/18 12:13 PM | |
Data | Oyster Data_full_updated_2023 Smithsonian IRLAP.xlsx | 08/11/23 09:18 AM | |
Data | Oyster Data_updated 2021.xlsx | 09/02/21 07:15 AM | |
Data | Oyster Data_updated 2022 (1).xlsx | 10/21/22 07:21 AM | |
Data | Oysters_IRL_2024.xlsx | 09/11/24 10:48 AM | |
GIS | reef perimeters.zip | 10/31/18 12:35 PM | |
Logo | DEP_logo_2019.png | 04/08/19 01:57 PM | |
Logo | Smithsonian_logo.png | 07/12/18 12:13 PM | |
Protocols | Janiak_IRL_oyster notes.docx | 07/12/18 12:13 PM |