LA MBON Louisiana Oyster Reef-Associated Benthic Biodiversity - Oyster Sizes

Sampling event Observation
Versão mais recente published by NOAA Integrated Ocean Observing System on mai. 26, 2026 NOAA Integrated Ocean Observing System
Publication date:
26 de maio de 2026
Licença:
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Descrição

This dataset contains abundance and biomass measurements of oyster-reef associated benthic biodiversity as well as extended measures of oyster reef health including sediment organic matter content, volume of reef material, volume and/or counts of live oysters, mussels, and barnacles, and oyster size data. This dataset is also linked with passive acoustic recordings.

Registros de Dados

Os dados deste recurso de evento de amostragem foram publicados como um Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), que é o formato padronizado para compartilhamento de dados de biodiversidade como um conjunto de uma ou mais tabelas de dados. A tabela de dados do núcleo contém 10 registros.

Também existem 2 tabelas de dados de extensão. Um registro de extensão fornece informações adicionais sobre um registro do núcleo. O número de registros em cada tabela de dados de extensão é ilustrado abaixo.

Event (core)
10
ExtendedMeasurementOrFact 
49
Occurrence 
49

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GBIF Registration

Este recurso foi registrado no GBIF e atribuído ao seguinte GBIF UUID: 09d69be4-1f55-469e-976f-6a7ba50ec468.  NOAA Integrated Ocean Observing System publica este recurso, e está registrado no GBIF como um publicador de dados aprovado por GBIF-US.

Palavras-chave

occurrence; oyster; louisiana; oyster reef; benthic; reef-associated; habitat trays; estuarine; observation; oyster; louisiana; oyster reef; benthic; reef-associated; habitat trays; estuarine

Contatos

Stephanie Archer
  • Provedor Dos Metadados
  • Originador
  • Ponto De Contato
  • Assistant Professor
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium
70344 Chauvin
LA
US
Mathew Biddle
  • Distribuidor
  • Physical Scientist
United States Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (US MBON)
  • 1315 East-West Highway
20910 Silver Spring
MD
US
Felimon Gayanilo
  • Processador
  • Information Systems Architect
GCOOS
  • 6300 Ocean Dr
78412 Corpus Christi
TX
US

Cobertura Geográfica

Gulf of America

Coordenadas delimitadoras Sul Oeste [29,061, -90,924], Norte Leste [29,636, -90,017]

Cobertura Taxonômica

N/A

Reino Animalia

Cobertura Temporal

Período de Formação 06/21/2023-ongoing

Dados Sobre o Projeto

This project will establish a new MBON effort in coastal Louisiana, focusing on highly productive and diverse estuarine ecosystems as sea level rise sentinels

Título Louisiana Deltaic Estuaries MBON: Sea Level Rise Sentinels
Financiamento NASA 80NSSC23K0165
Descrição da Área de Estudo Louisiana Estuaries, specifically Barataria Bay, Terrebonne Bay, and Atchafalaya Bay
Descrição do Design This larger study is aimed at developing remote methods for measuring estuarine biodiversity in low-visibility environments.
Project Award National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA) Grant & Cooperative Agreement
80NSSC23K0165
NASA
80NSSC23K0165
https://govtribe.com/award/federal-contract-award/grant-for-research-80nssc23k0165?recommendationType=similar_recommendations

O pessoal envolvido no projeto:

Stephanie Archer
Granger Hanks
Allison Noble
Lillian Zhou
Katherine Schlachter
  • Provedor De Conteúdo

Métodos de Amostragem

At each oyster reef sediment organic matter and reef material are quantified within 6 haphazardly placed 0.25 x 0.25 m quadrats. Within each quadrat, sediment for organic matter quantification is collected by pushing a 50ml core into the sediment. The core contents are then emptied into a pre-labeled whirl-pak. In the lab, organic matter is quantified using the Loss-on-Ignition method. Next, all reef material within the quadrat up to 10cm depth is collected and rinsed of excess mud. Reef material (live and dead shell material) volume is quantified using the volume displacement method and live oysters and mussels are counted. The first ten live oysters are measured for shell height from umbo to tip. Barnacles are recorded on a relative abundance scale: 0 – no live barnacles; 1 – 1-10 live barnacles; 2 – 11-50 live barnacles; 3 – > 50 live barnacles. The contents of the reef material sampling are added to pre-filled benthic habitat trays so that the contents of one quadrat go into one tray. The benthic habitat trays (n=6, 0.48 × 0.48 x 0.10 m; 20 L) are lined with 3-mm chicken wire and 1-mm mesh bags and pre-filled with ~3L of disarticulated oyster shell. Once all six trays are topped with reef material they are placed in a row on the oyster reef running parallel to shore. A hydrophone (ST 300HF or ST 600HF) set to record continuously a with a 48 kHz sampling rate and high pre-amp gain is attached to a sandbag and deployed in the center of the row of trays. All sampling gear is left for two weeks to allow the community to develop. After two weeks the habitat trays are collected by cinching closed the mesh bag prior to pulling the tray off of the bottom. Once all trays are collected the mesh bags are tied shut and removed from the trays. Excess mud is rinsed from the bags and all material is rinsed through a 1mm mesh sieve. Larger shells are removed and all material retained on the mesh is frozen for future analysis. When ready for processing samples are thawed and rinsed through a 1mm sieve. Material retained on the sieve is visually inspected under 10x magnification and all organisms identified are retained and sorted into probable unique taxa groups. Taxa groups are reviewed and identified to the lowest practicable taxonomic unit (typically species). Individuals within taxa groups are counted, weighed, then dried for 48 hours at 60℃, or until a stable dry weight is reached. When new taxa to the dataset taxa are encountered a voucher specimen is collected. The specimen collected as a voucher is placed into 90% ethanol after a wet weight is recorded. This voucher specimen is recorded separately. The voucher specimens are deposited into the LUMCON Natural History Collection so that taxonomic identification can be continually refined it necessary. Post-processing of hydrophone recordings is described elsewhere.

Área de Estudo Sampling occurs seasonally (4 times a year) in Barataria Bay (n=3 oyster reefs) and Terrebonne Bay (n=3 oyster reefs) in Louisiana. All taxa visible at 10x magnification are identified and quantified.
Controle de Qualidade Voucher specimens serve as a quality control for taxonomic identification. Data entry is checked by a second researcher. Purpose-build code is used to identify unusual data entries.

Descrição dos passos do método:

  1. At each oyster reef sediment organic matter and reef material are quantified within 6 haphazardly placed 0.25 x 0.25 m quadrats. Within each quadrat, sediment for organic matter quantification is collected by pushing a 50ml core into the sediment. The core contents are then emptied into a pre-labeled whirl-pak. In the lab, organic matter is quantified using the Loss-on-Ignition method. Next, all reef material within the quadrat up to 10cm depth is collected and rinsed of excess mud. Reef material (live and dead shell material) volume is quantified using the volume displacement method and live oysters and mussels are counted. The first ten live oysters are measured for shell height from umbo to tip. Barnacles are recorded on a relative abundance scale: 0 – no live barnacles; 1 – 1-10 live barnacles; 2 – 11-50 live barnacles; 3 – > 50 live barnacles. The contents of the reef material sampling are added to pre-filled benthic habitat trays so that the contents of one quadrat go into one tray. The benthic habitat trays (n=6, 0.48 × 0.48 x 0.10 m; 20 L) are lined with 3-mm chicken wire and 1-mm mesh bags and pre-filled with ~3L of disarticulated oyster shell. Once all six trays are topped with reef material they are placed in a row on the oyster reef running parallel to shore. A hydrophone (ST 300HF or ST 600HF) set to record continuously a with a 48 kHz sampling rate and high pre-amp gain is attached to a sandbag and deployed in the center of the row of trays. All sampling gear is left for two weeks to allow the community to develop. After two weeks the habitat trays are collected by cinching closed the mesh bag prior to pulling the tray off of the bottom. Once all trays are collected the mesh bags are tied shut and removed from the trays. Excess mud is rinsed from the bags and all material is rinsed through a 1mm mesh sieve. Larger shells are removed and all material retained on the mesh is frozen for future analysis. When ready for processing samples are thawed and rinsed through a 1mm sieve. Material retained on the sieve is visually inspected under 10x magnification and all organisms identified are retained and sorted into probable unique taxa groups. Taxa groups are reviewed and identified to the lowest practicable taxonomic unit (typically species). Individuals within taxa groups are counted, weighed, then dried for 48 hours at 60℃, or until a stable dry weight is reached. When new taxa to the dataset taxa are encountered a voucher specimen is collected. The specimen collected as a voucher is placed into 90% ethanol after a wet weight is recorded. This voucher specimen is recorded separately. The voucher specimens are deposited into the LUMCON Natural History Collection so that taxonomic identification can be continually refined it necessary. Post-processing of hydrophone recordings is described elsewhere.

Metadados Adicionais

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Propósito
Descrição da manutenção NA
Identificadores alternativos 09d69be4-1f55-469e-976f-6a7ba50ec468
https://ipt-obis.gbif.us/resource?r=biodiversityinformation_2023_oysterreefs