Water quality data collected in the northern Gulf of Mexico from 2021-05-01 to 2021-07-31 and Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) growth and survival responses during multistressor exposures

Impacts of multiple water quality stressors (acidification, hypoxia, and low salinity) associated with freshwater flooding events on larval and juvenile oysters (Crassostrea virginica) were examined using laboratory exposures. This dataset includes the water quality conditions and oyster growth and survival responses during multistressor exposures that tested four different early oyster developmental stages (veliger larvae, pediveliger larvae, post-settlement juveniles [< 1mm], and juveniles [5-10 mm]). Water quality conditions in the northern Gulf of Mexico near oyster habitats were also evaluated between 2021-05-01 to 2021-07-31 and presented in this dataset. HOBO data loggers were deployed at St. Stanislaus College in Bay St. Louis, MS to record in situ dissolved oxygen, pH, salinity, and temperature at 5-min intervals. Publicly available water monitoring data (dissolved oxygen, salinity, and temperature) were downloaded from weather stations at Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON), Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) Deer Island Aquaculture Park, and Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) in Alabama.

本研究通过实验室暴露实验，探究了与淡水洪水事件相关的多种水质胁迫因子（酸化、低氧、低盐度）对美洲牡蛎（Crassostrea virginica）幼体及稚贝的影响。本数据集涵盖了针对四种不同牡蛎早期发育阶段（面盘幼虫、眼点面盘幼虫、刚附着稚贝[<1毫米]以及稚贝[5-10毫米]）开展的多胁迫因子暴露实验中的水质条件、牡蛎生长与存活响应数据。本数据集同时收录了2021年5月1日至2021年7月31日期间，墨西哥湾北部牡蛎栖息地附近海域的水质状况监测数据。研究团队于密西西比州圣路易斯湾的圣斯坦尼斯劳斯学院部署了霍博（HOBO）数据记录仪，以每5分钟一次的频率原位记录溶解氧、pH值、盐度与水温数据。本数据集还整合了从路易斯安那大学海洋联盟（LUMCON）、密西西比州海洋资源部（MDMR）迪尔岛水产养殖园以及阿拉巴马州多芬岛海洋实验室（DISL）的监测站点获取的公开水质监测数据，涵盖溶解氧、盐度与水温三项指标。