Website

https://web.northeastern.edu/kimbrolab/

Region(s)

NW

Summary

Oyster sampling in East Cove in Apalachicola Bay

Parameters

Percent cover (point-intercept, 100 grid cells), reef height (m), bed thickness, counts of live and articulated dead oysters and other live mollusks and crabs, sample weights (kg), shell height of up to 100 live and recently dead oysters and associated live mussels and crabs (mm)

Notes

Application

Publications

Start

2019

End

2019

Frequency

One-time

Method

Six samples placed at regular intervals along a reef transect (intervals determined as transect length/7). At each sampling interval a second transect is laid perpendicular to the main transect and a 1m^2 quadrat divided into 100 grid cells is positioned halfway between the main transect and the edge of the reef. Percent cover is assessed using the 1m^2 quadrat with the point-intercept method. A 0.25m^2 quadrat is then placed in the center of the area covered by each 1m^2 quadrat and all living material excavated to wrist level. The total weight of each sample is measured and for four of the samples, all live and articulated dead oysters are enumerated, shell heights of up to 100 live and freshly dead oysters are measured to the nearest mm. Other live-caught fauna in each sample (e.g., crabs, snails, mussels) are also enumerated and measured (mm).

Discontinuity

Data Location

Data Format

.xlsx

Habitats

Oyster/Oyster Reef

SEACAR Citation

Northeastern University Marine Science Center. (2019). Apalachicola Bay Intertidal Oyster Sampling. Updated 09/17/2020. Distributed by: SEACAR Data Discovery Interface, Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection, Florida Department of Environmental Protection. https://data.florida-seacar.org/programs/details/5075

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