Investigator: Leslie Sturmer, Natalie Anderson and Tracey Vlasak, UF/IFAS Shellfish Aquaculture Extension
Objectives: To increase insight into basic but key relationships between environmental factors and survival and health of cultured clams, this study increases water quality monitoring efforts. Chlorophyll sensors were added to existing monitoring stations to assess phytoplankton availability. In addition, surveillance of water temperature and salinity at lease areas was expanded. Growers can access real-time and archived data via the website, https://shellfish.ifas.ufl.edu/water-quality-monitoring/.
