Dataset: Wild spat data from experiments performed to investigate the effect of salinity juvenile oyster growth using spat collected from three salinity zones in Delaware Bay in 2019 and 2020

Final no updates expectedDOI: 10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.895783.1Version 1 (2023-05-09)Dataset Type:Other Field Results

Principal Investigator: Dr Matthew Hare (Cornell University)

Principal Investigator, Contact: Daphne Munroe (Rutgers University)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Amber D. York (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)


Project: Collaborative Research: Spatial analysis of genetic differences in salinity tolerance resulting from rapid natural selection in estuarine oysters (SEGO)


Abstract

Higher salinity habitats tend to support faster oyster growth, while lower salinity habitats act as a refuge from predation and disease but tend to slow growth. Two experiments were performed to investigate the effect of salinity juvenile oyster (also known as spat) growth. One experiment used wild oyster spat collected from three distinct Delaware Bay salinity zones that were then transplanted into various salinity conditions in the laboratory where growth was monitored (results reported in...

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Instruments

Equipment for these experiments included tanks, algal paste, microscopes, micrometers and calipers.


Related Datasets

IsRelatedTo

Dataset: Delaware Bay Oyster Samples
Relationship Description: These datasets were collected and analyzed as part of the same collaborative NSF SEGO project.
Hare, M., Munroe, D., North, E. (2024) Archived Oyster Samples Collected from the Delaware Bay from 2018 to 2021 (SEGO project). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2022-03-23 doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.872323.1
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Dataset: Salinity Effects on Oyster Spat Growth: Hatchery Spat
Relationship Description: Related experiment performed to investigate the effect of salinity on juvenile oyster spat growth.
Munroe, D., Hare, M. (2023) Hatchery-reared spat data from laboratory experiments performed to investigate the effect of salinity on juvenile oyster growth in 2019 and 2020. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2023-05-09 doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.895791.1

Related Publications

Results

Manuel, E. C., Hare, M. P., & Munroe, D. (2023). Consequences of Salinity Change, Salinity History, and Shell Morphology on Early Growth of Juvenile Oysters. Journal of Shellfish Research, 42(1). https://doi.org/10.2983/035.042.0103