Status of Dermo Disease in Matagorda Bay Oysters (July 2006)

Sammy M. Ray

URS Corporation Meeting

Matagorda Bay Reefs

27.1C 11.4ppt

27.8C 21.8ppt

27.8C 23.1ppt

27.0C 12.3ppt

26.2C 16.6ppt

27.7C 9.5ppt

All Collected 7-27-06

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.