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The Indian River Lagoon on the east coast of Florida is suffering from polluted water, algal blooms, seagrass losses, and fish kills.
Conceptual diagram of the key features of and…
A conceptual diagram illustrates the factors that can stimulate the growth of harmful algal blooms in brackish rivers and how these blooms can negatively impact other species within the ecosystem.
Algal Bloom Causation and Impacts in Brackish…
A conceptual diagram illustrates the key features of the Chesapeake Bay watershed as well as the inputs that stimulate eutrophication and the symptoms of eutrophication.
The Causes and Effects of Eutrophication
A map depicts the general distribution of several of Maryland's common harmful algal blooms, in the Chesapeake and Coastal Bays.
The Distributions of Common Harmful Algal Blooms…
A conceptual diagram illustrates the main threats and key features of the Upper-Mississippi River Sub-Basin. Some of these threats include harmful algal blooms, power plants and urban centers. Diagram from
Main Threats and Key Features of the Upper…
Conceptual diagram illustrating the complex food web that a South Florida seagrass meadow supports.
Seagrass meadow food web
Illustration of Lobaria pulmonaria, a large epiphytic lichen consisting of an ascomycete fungus and a green algal partner living together in a symbiotic relationship with a cyanobacterium.
Lobaria pulmonaria
Conceptual diagram illustrating the elements that contribute towards a healthy lagoon that has a good balance of nutrient and biota, versus the elements of a eutrophic ecosystem, which includes increased sediment and nutrient from farming and industry, and creates for an unhealthy lagoon.
Healthy & eutrophic coastal lagoons
Footsteps in the mud show its black anoxic state
Footsteps in the sediment
Illustration of a mixed phytoplankton community
Mixed Phytoplankton Community Coloured
Conceptual diagram of processes in Temperate coastal regions developed as part of the LOICZ project to look at Land Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone
Temperate Coastal Ecosystem Summary
Conceptual diagram of processes in Tropical coastal regions developed as part of the LOICZ project to look at Land Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone
Tropical Coastal Ecosystem Summary
Regular scrubbing of the walls of the MEERC mesocosms tanks was essential for removing the epiphytic wall growth
Scrubbing MEERC Mesocosm
Illustration of a Cyanobacterial mat
Cyanobacterial mat
Illustration of macroalgal incubation setup
Macroalgal incubation setup
Illustration of a Phytoplankton blooom
Phytoplankton bloom
Illustration of biodiversity of algae
Biodiversity: algae
Illustration of macroalgal incubation setup
Macroalgal incubation setup 2

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