Dataset: Oyster density of restored reef edge/interior in Quonochontaug Pond, RI in May 2019

Final no updates expectedDOI: 10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.881536.1Version 1 (2022-11-02)Dataset Type:Other Field Results

Principal Investigator, Contact: A. Randall Hughes (Northeastern University)

Co-Principal Investigator: Theresa Davenport (Northeastern University)

Co-Principal Investigator: Jonathan Grabowski (Northeastern University)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Taylor Heyl (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Shannon Rauch (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)


Project: CAREER: Linking genetic diversity, population density, and disease prevalence in seagrass and oyster ecosystems (Seagrass and Oyster Ecosystems)


Abstract

This dataset represents oyster density measurements of restored reef edge/interior in Quonochontaug Pond, Rhode Island, USA determined by scuba divers in May of 2019. Reef relief and quadrat relief were calculated by subtracting water depth at each quadrat (quadrat relief) or the highest point on the reef (reef relief) from water depth on the adjacent unstructured bottom.

These data were published in Table S1 of Davenport et al., 2022 (Restoration Ecology).

To quantify the observed pattern of higher oyster density around the edges of reefs at Quonochontaug Pond, Rhode Island, USA, (41.3 N, 71.7 W) we surveyed oyster density and reef relief in May 2019. Divers haphazardly placed 0.25 m² quadrats on each oyster reef and excavated all live and recently dead oysters (N = 3-5 quadrats per reef on each of edge and interior). Live oysters were counted in the field before returning them to the reef in the same location where they were collected. Top valves were removed from recently dead oysters (open oysters with both valves present, but no live tissue) to confirm they were dead before replacing them. Divers also measured water depth with a meter stick at each quadrat, at the highest point on each reef, and at the unstructured bottom adjacent to each reef. Reef relief and quadrat relief were calculated by subtracting the water depth at each quadrat (quadrat relief) or the highest point on the reef (reef relief) from the water depth on the adjacent unstructured bottom.


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Dataset: Temperatures on restored oyster reefs
Hughes, A. R., Davenport, T., Grabowski, J. (2022) Daily temperature measurements on restored oyster reefs in Quonochontaug Pond, RI from July-August 2018 and September-October 2018. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2022-11-01 doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.881834.1
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Dataset: Fauna on restored oyster reefs
Hughes, A. R., Davenport, T., Grabowski, J. (2022) Faunal ID, size and biomass on oyster reefs in Quonochontaug Pond, RI from July-August 2018 and September-October 2018. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2022-11-02 doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.881801.1

Related Publications

Results

Davenport, T. M., Grabowski, J. H., & Hughes, A. R. (2022). Edge effects influence the composition and density of reef residents on subtidal restored oyster reefs. Restoration Ecology. Portico. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13693
General

Davenport, T. M. (2022). Reef and landscape characteristics influence nekton recruitment enhancement by restored oyster reefs. https://doi.org/10.17760/D20439250