Custom Design, Fabrication, And Testing Of Environmental Data Systems For Use In Oyster Aquaculture

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• Alternative Title:
  Final Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Report ; to the Louisiana Sea Grant College Program
• Personal Author:
  Conde, Mary ; Gryder, Caleb
• Corporate Authors:
  Louisiana Sea Grant College Program ; Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.)
• NOAA Program & Office:
  Sea Grant ; OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research)
• Sea Grant Program:
  LSU (Louisiana Sea Grant)
• Description:
  Oyster aquaculture has been significant to the Louisiana seafood industry for more than a ; century. Emerging challenges are driving the need to better understand environmental factors ; involved in farming oysters. This project aimed to design an open‐hardware logger system that ; would allow farmers and researchers to measure some of these factors. The Oyster Logger, a ; data logging device for use in field applications, was designed and tested at the Aquatic ; Germplasm and Genetic Resources Center (AGGRC), with an emphasis placed on casing testing ; and measurement accuracy. The goal was to fabricate an open‐hardware device with ; advanced data collection capabilities that could help to improve the productivity of oyster ; aquaculture. The objectives of this project were to: 1) design prototype devices; 2) fabricate ; prototype devices which collect, store, and transfer temperature and movement data, and 3) ; test prototype devices for proper operation and to improve the design. While not completely ; waterproof itself, the casing kept the electrical components of the Oyster Logger in a compact, ; stable position for data collection purposes. From an engineering perspective, faults in the real ; time clock (RTC) module and other components caused minor measurement errors, but these ; inaccuracies were deemed to be insignificant in applied settings. These results show potential ; for the project to grow and act as a foundation for other logger systems that can be customized ; to the needs of oyster farmers and researchers.
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• Keywords:
  • custom design
  • fabrication
  • oyster aquaculture
• Document Type:
  Technical Report
• Place as Subject:
  Louisiana
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/39755/noaa_39755_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.05 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) ; Sea Grant Publications
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:34c33d626e45e1b571f8d4cdd59fc6cd148b08df7f1cf1273f21e0f3ecb25567