MDNR Fall Oyster Survey Disease and Population Survey

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Maryland Department of Natural Resources

Publication_Date: 19940617

Title: MDNR Fall Oyster Survey Disease and Population Survey

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Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Oxford, MD

Publisher: Maryland Department of Natural Resources

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Description:

Abstract:

[For a more detailed metadata record, See: "http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/brd/brd_mdnr2.html"] This database contains disease and population data collected during Oxford Lab's annual Modified Fall Oyster Survey. The dataset contains information designed to characterize and assess the condition and trends of Maryland oyster populations. The program to collect the data was developed as a modification to the Department of Natural Resources, Division of Fisheries, existing Fall Oyster Survey. The purpose of the modifications was to develop a valid long-term oyster monitoring program from an existing survey which was geared to providing qualitative information on a site specific basis, primarily for specific fishery management needs. The design of the modified survey is intended to provide annual estimates of Baywide and regional oyster spatfall intensity, mortality, disease, and population size structure. Statistical validity and consistency of data were parmount considerations in the modified oyster design. The aim was to assist oyster management with a reliable and useful representation of the resource, based upon a feasible and cost-effective monitoring program consistent with historical observations. The study area covered from Tangiers Sound to Swan Point (northern part of mouth of Chester River) and consisted of 64 sites. Sixty-four charted oyster bars distributed throughout the Maryland portion of Chesapeake Bay were chosen to provide geographical coverage of oyster regions of the State. Site selection represented a consensus of Cooperative Oxford Laboratory and Fisheries Division personnel. The geographic area includes the areas of Broad Creek, Bay Bridge North, Chester River, Choptank River, Eastern Bay, Fishing Bay, Harris Creek, Holland Straits, Hongs River, Little Choptank River, Manokin River, Mid-Eastern Shore, Miles River, Nanticoke River, Poplar Island, Potomac River, Pocomoke Sound, Patuxent River, St. Marys River, Tred Avon River, Tangier Sound, Upper Bay, Wicomico River, and Western Shore.

Purpose:

Not Available

Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Smith and Jordon. 1992. Monitoring Maryland's Chesapeake Bay Oysters: A Comprehensive Charaterization of Modified Fall Survey Results 1990-1991. Maryland DNR, Annapolis, MD.

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Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19901008

Ending_Date: Unknown

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

Status:

Progress: In Work

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -77.0

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -75.0

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.0

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.0

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD SCIENCE PARAMETERS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ANCILLARY KEYWORDS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > MOLLUSKS > BIVALVES > OYSTERS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > VIRUSES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > COASTAL HABITAT

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE HABITAT

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > PARASITISM

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > SPECIES LIFE HISTORY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > POPULATION DYNAMICS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > SURVIVAL RATES

Theme_Keyword: Ancistrocoma Pelseneeri

Theme_Keyword: Bay Bridge North

Theme_Keyword: Bivalve

Theme_Keyword: Brd

Theme_Keyword: Broad Creek

Theme_Keyword: Bucephalus Cuculus

Theme_Keyword: Chesapeake Bay

Theme_Keyword: Chester River

Theme_Keyword: Chlamydia

Theme_Keyword: Choptank River

Theme_Keyword: Cliona

Theme_Keyword: Dermo

Theme_Keyword: Dermo Blood Severity Index

Theme_Keyword: Dermo Disease

Theme_Keyword: Dermo Rectal

Theme_Keyword: Disease

Theme_Keyword: Eastern Bay

Theme_Keyword: Eastern Shore

Theme_Keyword: Fishing Bay

Theme_Keyword: Haplosporidium Nelsoni

Theme_Keyword: Harris Creek

Theme_Keyword: Holland Straits

Theme_Keyword: Honga River

Theme_Keyword: Little Choptank River

Theme_Keyword: Manokin River

Theme_Keyword: Maryland

Theme_Keyword: Mdnr

Theme_Keyword: Mid-eastern Shore

Theme_Keyword: Miles River

Theme_Keyword: Mollusc

Theme_Keyword: Mortality

Theme_Keyword: Msx

Theme_Keyword: Msx Blood Intensity Index

Theme_Keyword: Msx Disease

Theme_Keyword: Msx Tissue Intensity Index

Theme_Keyword: Nanticoke River

Theme_Keyword: Oyster

Theme_Keyword: Papova Virus

Theme_Keyword: Patuxent River

Theme_Keyword: Perkinsus Marinus

Theme_Keyword: Pocomoke Sound

Theme_Keyword: Polydora

Theme_Keyword: Poplar Island

Theme_Keyword: Population Size Structure

Theme_Keyword: Potomac River

Theme_Keyword: Prokaryotes

Theme_Keyword: Rickettsia

Theme_Keyword: Spatfall

Theme_Keyword: St. Marys River

Theme_Keyword: Tangier Sound

Theme_Keyword: Thigmotrichs

Theme_Keyword: Tred Avon River

Theme_Keyword: Upper Bay

Theme_Keyword: Usgs

Theme_Keyword: Western Shore

Theme_Keyword: Wicomico River

Theme_Keyword: Wicomico River (west)

Theme_Keyword: BIOTA

Theme_Keyword: OCEANS

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA

Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > MARYLAND

Access_Constraints: Access to dataset upon request of MDNR

Use_Constraints:

None

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: GARY SMITH

Contact_Position: INVESTIGATOR

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: Maryland Department of Natural Resources

Address: Fisheries Service

Address: 904 S. Morris Street

Address: Cooperative Oxford Laboratory

City: Oxford

State_or_Province: MD

Postal_Code: 21654

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (410) 226-0078

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (410) 226-5925

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gsmith@remote.dnr.state.md.us

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Important deviations from sampling: Inconsistencies had little or no impact on the results reported in the report. The majority of comparisons between years are represented as averages. where summations were used in analysis, aggregate differences between years greatly outweighed any variation due to single sites.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Not Available

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Not Available

Lineage:

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Process_Description:

Not Available

Process_Date: Unknown

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Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: MD/DNR > Department of Natural Resources, Maryland

Contact_Person: GARY SMITH

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: Maryland Department of Natural Resources

Address: Fisheries Service

Address: 904 S. Morris Street

Address: Cooperative Oxford Laboratory

City: Oxford

State_or_Province: MD

Postal_Code: 21654

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (410) 226-0078

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (410) 226-5925

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gsmith@remote.dnr.state.md.us

Resource_Description: CBRM-OX -93-3

Distribution_Liability:

Not Available

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: Not Available

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Online_Option:

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Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://www.dnr.state.md.us/

Access_Instructions:

DATA CENTER URL

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Fees: Not Available

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date:

Metadata_Review_Date: 20070306

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: GCMD User Support Office

Contact_Organization: NASA Global Change Master Directory

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: Not Available

City: Lanham

State_or_Province: MD

Postal_Code: 20706

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: Not Available

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gcmduso@gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time