Website

https://www.shellbudget.org/

Region(s)

NW, SW

Summary

Water quality, oyster health and oyster body size collected in Charlotte Harbor and Apalachicola Bay. Water temperature (T) and salinity (S) are collected above the oyster reef at the time of the collection. (We have used mercury thermometers and YSI T/S meters for the collection of T and refractometers and YSI T/S meters for the determination of S.) We try to collect at least 10 oysters < 75mm and 10 oysters > 75 mm. Length is measured to the nearest mm.

Parameters

Juvenile and adult oyster percent infection, intensity and weighted prevalence of dermo infection; water temperature (deg. C); salinity (ppt); oyster body size (mm)

Notes

Clarification from POC in 2020: There is no new data from Florida since 2016.

Application

To use eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, research and monitoring efforts to monitor the environmental health of estuaries along the Gulf of Mexico.

Publications

Website

Start

1970

End

2016

Frequency

Periodic

Method

Water temperature (T) and salinity (S) are collected above the oyster reef at the time of the collection. (Either mercury thermometers or YSI T/S meters used for the collection of T and refractometers or YSI T/S meters used for the determination of S.) Attempts made to collect at least 10 oysters < 75mm and 10 oysters > 75 mm. Length measured to the nearest mm.

Discontinuity

There are 21 regions, each with one to eleven stations, each station start and end date varies.

Data Location

By request from Thomas Soniat

Data Format

excel

Habitats

Water Column Oyster/Oyster Reef

SEACAR Citation

Oyster Sentinel. (2016). Oyster Sentinel . Updated 06/30/2020. Distributed by: SEACAR Data Discovery Interface, Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection, Florida Department of Environmental Protection. https://data.florida-seacar.org/programs/details/456

Alternative Citation

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