Thanks, Leslie.
Harry
At 04:24 PM 1/9/2007, you wrote:
>Hello Harry
>
>Part I >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> a) The study project of the Brazosport Museum
> of Natural Science is in a state
>of flux since the passing of Roe Davenport. There is a new person assigned to
>coordinate it but I do not remember whom, ... it is perhaps Janey Nill ?
>The generic rules of the recording for the project is:
> 1) Specimen Must be Collected from Texas waters (not offshore)
> 2) Must be live or fresh dead, no empty or crabbed specimens.
>The project records the Largest submitted specimen with that criteria. The
>specimens are typically housed in the museum.
> b) This is the only known record for: N. versicolor in Texas, it is from the
>jetties at S. Padre Island. None have been recorded before or since.
> c) I have found N. fulgurans frequently at the Port Aransas Jetty under the
>rocks at the groin in front of UTMSI. Also on the Port Mansfield and South
>Padre Island Jetties, plus at the Coast Guard Station rock pile.
> d) I will check my Mexican shell books for any Nerita records.
>
>Part II >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> In the last 10 years Texas has had an influx of "Caribbean" faunal
>species showing up in South Texas waters. This is due to a increase in man-
>made hard substrates that allow their velagers to find a home. Also adding to
>that, we have been on the warm side of the 22 year solar cycle making it more
>favorable for them during this time, ... and finally the infestation of Perna
>perna that came and went in the 90's changed the dynamics of the micro-faunas
>found in those hard substrates, leaving opportunity for the addition of new
>species when the P. perna populations retreated.
>
>Part III >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>For those of you who are not familiar with Texas localities ----
>--- South Texas Localities: (26.07° N)
> > Port Mansfield, South Padre Island, Boca Chica, Clark Island, Port Isabel,
>Laguna Madre (lower), Rio Grande, Brazos Santiago Pass.
> > This Latitude is about the same as the:
> (26.06° N) Port Laudania, Dania cut-
>off Canal (Hollywood/Ft. Lauderdale, FL).
> ... the infamous rock pile at the S. Padre
> Coast Guard Station is small but is
>host to at least 25 species of Mollusca including at 3 Nudibranchs, 2 Sea
>Hares, plus 5 Echinoderms, sponges, anemones, soft corals, encrusting corals,
>along with numerous crustations and fishes.
>-- Central Texas Localities: (north to south 28.00° N to 27.00° N)
> > In bays: Port Lavaca, Rockport, Port O'Conner, Aransas Pass, Brown Harbor,
>Indian Point, Ingleside, Portland, Corpus Christi, Flower Bluff, Laguna Madre
>(upper).
> > Beach/Island: St. Joseph Island, Port
> Aransas, Mustang Island, Padre Island.
> (trivia: Port Aransas is where the pass is, & Aransas Pass is the port)
>
>Part IV >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>Collecting in Texas & at South Padre Island ...
> a) Live collecting of marine life is closed on South Padre Island from the
>end of the jetties, around past the Coast Guard Station, north to about 1/2
>mile past the Causeway, out to 1000 yards offshore from the mean tide line,
>from Nov 1 to April 30 every year. Includes urchins, etc.
> b) Additionally all year, all locations,
> there is a bag limit of 2 specimens
>per day of, Whelks, Strombus, Tulips and Murex. Total bag limit of 22
>specimens per day. A salt-water fishing license is required. Crabbed is
>considered live since it contains a living animal.
> c) The collection of dead specimens does not require a license, and is not
>restricted.
> d) New regulations highly restricting the collection of Freshwater Mussels
>(including banning by location) went in to
>effect in 2006. Where you can still
>collect, a Freshwater Fishing license is required. There are bag and size
>limits as well.
>
>Part V >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>There is a new Texas Shell book due out shortly.
> The book is being produced by:
> Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies
> Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
> By: Fabio Moretzsohn, Noe Barrera, et. al.
> http://www.harteresearchinstitute.org/
>
>.. Fabio may be able to help with additional data on Texas Nerites.
>
>Leslie
>:)
Harry G. Lee, M. D.
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