DermoWatch : Monitoring the Health of Galveston Bay with Oysters Sammy M. Ray Texas A&M University at Galveston Thomas M. Soniat Nicholls State University Enrique V. Kortright Kortright Corporation Lance Robinson Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Mar 27, 2015
DermoWatch : Monitoring the Health of Galveston Bay with
Oysters
Sammy M. Ray
Texas A&M University at Galveston
Thomas M. Soniat
Nicholls State University
Enrique V. Kortright
Kortright Corporation
Lance Robinson
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
DermoWatch is a:
web site (www.dermowatch.org) a monitoring program and an
online community for the management of the oyster parasite, Perkinsus marinus, and monitoring
freshwater inflows
Dermo Parasites in Thioglycollate medium tissue culture
DermoWatch oyster sampling sites for Gulf of Mexico
Recent Hot Spots for Dermo Infection in Gulf Oysters
Galveston Bay Oyster Sampling Sites
Most recent Dermo Infection data for Galveston Bay Oysters
Recent archived dermo disease data for oysters from Fisher’s Reef, Trinity Bay
Recent archived dermo disease data for oysters from Redfish, Galveston Bay
Recent archived dermo disease data for oysters from Confederate Reef, West Bay
Galveston Bay Oyster Reefs
West Bay Oyster Landings
Monitoring station provides real-time and continuous:
• water temperature and salinity
• water turbidity (total suspended solids)
• fluorescence (chlorophyll a)
• wind speed and direction
• solar radiation
• air temperature and humidity
• rainfall and barometric pressure
Biblical confirmation of the value of fresh water inflow to maintain
healthy baysEzekiel 47
The River From the TempleVerses 8-10
• He said to me, "This water flows towards the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah, where it enters the Sea. When it empties into the Sea, the water there becomes fresh. Swarms of living creatures will live wherever the river flows. There will be large numbers of fish, because this water flows there and makes the salt water fresh; so where the river flows everything will live. Fishermen will stand along the shore; from En Gedi to En Eglaim there will be places for spreading nets. The fish will be of many kinds--like the fish of the Great Sea.
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