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Sanderlings hanging out on the beach in Assateague Island.
Sanderlings in Assateague island
Conceptual diagrams illustrating four east-west transects across the Maryland Coastal Bays to provide insights into the features of the Bays.
Maryland Coastal Bays conceptual diagrams
A diagram illustrates the the current issues facing the inland wetland ecosystem on Assateague Island as well as the impacts climate change will have on this area.
Climate Change Effects on Assateague Island's…
A diagram illustrates the current conditions of the intertidal beach ecosystem on Assateague Island and shows the impact climate change will have on this area.
Climate Change Effects on Assateague Island's…
A diagram illustrates the factors related to climate change and how these factors will impact the species and habitat on Assateague Island.
Climate Change Factors and their Impacts on…
A diagram illustrates the impacts climate change will have on Assateague Island across several different ecosystems.
The Widespread Effects of Climate Change on…
Conceptual diagram illustrating natural resources found on Assateague Island. Assateague Island provides critical habitat for many unique plants and animals.
Assateague Island and Natural Resources, USA
Typha x glauca is a sterile F1 hybrid between Typha angustifolia and Typha latifolia. Found in freshwater habitats such as interior wetlands of Assateague Island, Maryland.
Typha x glauca (White Cattail)
Conceptual diagram illustrating different monitoring activities implemented on Assateague Island to track changing habitats. Monitoring activities - which are habitat specific - include water quality, seagrass area, salt marsh nekton survey, surface elevation table, plover nests and fledgling success, upland elevation change, shoreline rate of change, and beach topography.
Monitoring Activities to Track Changing Habitats…
Illustration of man doing beach topography
Monitoring: beach topography
Illustration of biologist monitoring birds with binoculars
Monitoring: biologist bird-watcher
Illustration of a man doing a deer population count.
Monitoring: deer population count
Illustration of a man doing the salt marsh nekton survey.
Monitoring: salt marsh nekton survey
Illustration of a technician using a Surface Elevation Table (SET).
Monitoring: surface elevation table
The seabeach amaranth is an endangered species, this one was found on Assateague Island, Maryland
Amaranthus pumilus (seabeach amaranth)
The seabeach amaranth is an endangered species, this one was found on Assateague Island, Maryland
Amaranthus pumilus (seabeach amaranth)
Crab hole on the beach of Assateague Island, Maryland
Crab Hole
American dune grass found on the beaches of Assateague Island, Maryland
Dune Grass
Sea-level causes overwash on island beaches such as here on Assateague Island, Maryland
Dune Overwash
Sea-level causes overwash on island beaches such as here on Assateague Island, Maryland
Dune Overwash
A freshwater forest on Assateague Island, Maryland
Freshwater forest
A freshwater forest on Assateague Island, Maryland
Freshwater forest
These cages protect sea beach amaranth, an endangered species, from deer and wild horses
Plant Cage
These cages protect sea beach amaranth, an endangered species, from deer and wild horses
Plant Cage
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