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An icon representing degraded water quality.
Degraded water quality
Saltwater intrudes into freshwater, a problem often affiliated with excess coastal groundwater extraction.
Saltwater intrusion
An icon representing water quality.
Water quality
Illustration of erosion.
Erosion
Illustration of light availability, which decreases with increasing water depth.
Light availability
Illustration of the Bluehead Chub (Nocomis Leptocephalus)
Nocomis leptocephalus (Bluehead Chub)
For stable isotope analysis, small subsamples of homogenously ground oyster tissues in the scintillation vial are placed in the tin capsule, held by the forceps.
Ground oyster tissue and tin capsule
Sediment slurries in 125 mL Erlenmeyer flasks capped with rubber stoppers to prevent gas exchange for indirect measurements of denitrification using acetylene inhibition techniques
Sediment slurries
Water samples from the Patuxent River are prepared for analysis on board the R/V Aquarius
Water sample preparation
A sediment core has been collected and is being prepared for storage and analysis by carefully filling the core with water from the sample site to minimize disturbance.
Sediment core preparation
Water samples from the Patuxent River are collected and prepared for analysis on board the R/V Aquarius
Water sample analysis
A YSI meter is used to measure temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, and conductivity in Monie Bay, a component of Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Measuring water quality
A sediment slurry was mixed and the flask capped to trap gases formed as intermediary steps of denitrification.
Sediment slurry
Water quality monitoring fieldwork in Maryland's Coastal Bays.
Fieldwork in Maryland's Coastal Bays
Sediment slurries in triplicate were mixed and flasks were capped to trap gases released during denitrification
Sediment slurries
Monitoring water quality with a YSI 85 instrument in Monie Creek, part of the Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Buoys marking oyster biological indicators can be seen in the background.
Monitoring water quality
Illustration of particles
Particles
Conceptual diagram illustrating how the ecological indicators in a program will affect resources, data management, etc.
Ecological indicators in environmental management
Conceptual diagram illustrating how changes in water quality affect different zones of a waterway.
How water quality influences different zones in a…
Conceptual diagram illustrating how spatial analysis combines a diversity of data sets into a map, overlay, analysis, and other decision tools.
Spatial analysis
Conceptual diagram illustrating the 'wedding cake' design for ecological indicators. Used by the National Park Service, this is how indicators are used to make decisions on a national, regional, and local level.
The 'wedding cake' design
An autoanalyzer setup to measure isotope ratios in dissolved gases in water samples.
Autoanalyzer
Isotope ratio mass spectrometer equipment to analyze dissolved gases in water samples
Isotope ratio mass spectrometer
An old mass spectrometer for analyzing stable isotopes
Isotope ratio mass spectrometer
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