Dataset: Salinity tolerance of oysters without acclimation in lab conditions: Water Quality

ValidatedFinal no updates expectedDOI: 10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.870316.1Version 1 (2023-02-17)Dataset Type:experimental

Principal Investigator: Morgan Kelly (Louisiana State University)

Principal Investigator, Contact: Jennifer Beseres Pollack (Texas A&M, Corpus Christi)

Co-Principal Investigator: Jerome La Peyre (Louisiana State University)

Technician: Natasha Breaux (Texas A&M, Corpus Christi)

Data Manager: Terry Palmer (Texas A&M, Corpus Christi)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Karen Soenen (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)


Project: Collaborative Research: Testing for local adaptation and responses to multiple stressors in populations of eastern oysters inhabiting a natural salinity gradient (Oyster adaptation)


Abstract

The mortality of oyster spat spawned from four different wild broodstocks (first filial generation) was measured when exposed to five different salinities (without acclimation) under controlled laboratory conditions. Oyster broodstocks were sourced from two populations in Louisiana (Calcasieu Lake; 29°50′58′′N, 93°17′1′′W, and Vermilion Bay; 29°34′47′′N, 92°2′4′′W) and two populations in Texas (Packery Channel; 27°37′38′′N, 97°13′59′′W, and Aransas Bay; 28°7′38′′N, 96°59′8′′W). Mortality was rec...

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A detailed description of methods was written by Marshall et al. (2021). In summary, mortality of oyster spat spawned from four different broodstocks was measured when exposed to five different salinities (without acclimation) under controlled laboratory conditions. Oyster broodstocks were sourced from two populations in Louisiana (Calcasieu Lake; 29°50′58′′N, 93°17′1′′W, and Vermilion Bay; 29°34′47′′N, 92°2′4′′W) and two populations in Texas (Packery Channel; 27°37′38′′N, 97°13′59′′W, and Aransas Bay; 28°7′38′′N, 96°59′8′′W). This salinity tolerance experiment was conducted in November–December 2018 (Trial 1) and March–April 2019 (Trial 2) at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.


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Dataset: Salinity tolerance without acclimation: Mortality
Relationship Description: Observations of same experiment.
Pollack, J. B., Palmer, T., Breaux, N., Kelly, M., La Peyre, J. (2023) Salinity tolerance of oysters without acclimation in lab conditions: mortality. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2023-02-24 doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.870210.1
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Dataset: Salinity tolerance without acclimation: Shell Heights
Relationship Description: Observations of same experiment.
Pollack, J. B., Palmer, T., Breaux, N., Kelly, M., La Peyre, J. (2023) Salinity tolerance of oysters without acclimation in lab conditions: shell heights. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2023-02-24 doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.870248.1

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Results

Marshall, D.A., S.M. Casas, W.C. Walton, F.S. Rikard, T.A. Palmer, N. Breaux, M.K. La Peyre, J. Beseres Pollack, M. Kelly and J.F. La Peyre, Divergence in salinity tolerance of northern Gulf of Mexico eastern oysters under field and laboratory exposure, Conservation Physiology, Volume 9, Issue 1, 2021, coab065, https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coab065