Program Info

Website
Region(s)
NE
Summary
The Suwannee River Water Management District (SRWMD) is documenting the spatial distribution of oyster reef and habitat within the Suwannee Estuary system as part of the District’s Mininum Flows and Levels program for the Lower Suwannee River. AGRA Baymont, Inc. (Baymont) was contracted by SRWMD to complete fieldwork, photointerpretation, mapping, digital orthophotography and GIS in support of the Suwannee River Water Management District’s Suwannee Estuary Oyster Mapping Project. Baymont has completed and delivered to SRWMD a final ArcInfo coverage of the study area depicting oyster habitat within the Suwannee Estuary.
Parameters
Oyster habitat area (acres). Polygons categorized based on whether the habitat had live oysters or not and whether the polygon represented continuous oyster reef or multiple habitat patches (with oysters representing at least 75% of such polygon).
Notes
Composite of multiple data and aerial image sources, 2001
Application
Publications
Start
2001
End
2001
Frequency
One-time
Method
Aerial photointerpretation and field surveys used to map oyster habitat in the Suwannee Estuary. Modified FDOT Florida Land Use, Cover and Forms Classification System (FLUCCS) codes were applied to categorize habitat cover identified and the minimum mapping unit was 0.5 acres.
Discontinuity
Data Location
http://www.srwmd.state.fl.us/DocumentView.asp?DID=475
Data Format
Shapefile
Habitats
Oyster/Oyster Reef
SEACAR Citation
Suwannee River Water Management District (SRWMD). (2001). Suwannee Estuary Oyster Habitat Mapping Project. Updated 04/22/2022. Distributed by: SEACAR Data Discovery Interface, Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection, Florida Department of Environmental Protection. https://data.florida-seacar.org/programs/details/4025
Alternative Citation

indicates priority attributes

Contacts

Program Extent

Export Standardized Data

Habitat(s) : Indicator(s) Last Updated File Download
Oyster/Oyster Reef : Acreage 09/04/24 09:33 PM Download File - Oyster Acreage - 4025.zip
DIP Document N/A Download File - DIP

Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection Managed Areas

Big Bend Seagrasses

Indicators

Indicator
Oyster/Oyster Reef - Acreage

Documentation and Data provided by program

File Type File Name Added On Details
Data oyster2001_SRWMD.zip 08/16/18 01:36 PM View Details
Protocols Final Report-Suwannee Estuary 2001 Oysters.doc 08/16/18 01:36 PM View Details
QA QADocuments.zip 08/16/18 01:36 PM View Details