Website

https://floridadep.gov/fco/aquatic-preserve/locations/estero-bay-aquatic-preserve

Region(s)

SW

Summary

Oyster monitoring and mapping project for the Estero Bay Aquatic Preserve. Includes the mapping of oyster reefs by recording GPS coordinates of the bar perimeter, as well as the enumeration and measurement of individual oysters from a quarter meter quadrat. In 2016, percent cover was added using one meter quadrats placed randomly four times along a transect line.

Parameters

Size class (mm), density (oysters/m^2), percent live (point-intercept method), total reef length (m), intertidal reef length (m), reef perimeter (m), reef height (cm), water temperature (deg. C), salinity, dissolved oxygen (mg/L, %), NTU, Depth, Reef type category, pH, specific conductance, conductivity

Notes

Application

Publications

Start

2014

End

Current

Frequency

Variable

Method

Quadrats placed at random locations along a transect; 1m x 1m quadrat with 100 point grid used for point-intercept evaluation of percent cover; 25cm x 25cm quadrat used for oyster density, shell height measurements.

Discontinuity

Data Location

By Request

Data Format

Excel, ArcGIS

Habitats

Water Column Oyster/Oyster Reef

SEACAR Citation

Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection (RCP), Estero Bay Aquatic Preserve. (2026). Estero Bay Oyster Monitoring. Updated 03/31/2026. Distributed by: SEACAR Data Discovery Interface, Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection, Florida Department of Environmental Protection. https://data.florida-seacar.org/programs/details/4042

Alternative Citation

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