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A single Harperella plant in bloom with white flowers
Ptilimnium-nodosum-harperella
An icon target symbol
Biodiversity Hot Spot
A marine protected area is a zone designated as a no-fishing or limited fishing or harvest area. This is a resource management practice that may be used when the marine resources are at risk due to human and natural activities such as over-fishing, habitat destruction, invasive species, and/or climate change.
Marine protected area
The queen conch is an important cultural and economic resource for Caribbean countries, but populations are in decline due primarily to overfishing and poaching.
Strombus gigas (Queen Conch)
Manatee in Port of the Islands, Florida.
Manatee
Manatee in Port of the Islands, Florida.
Manatee
Manatee in Port of the Islands, Florida.
Manatee
Manatee in Port of the Islands, Florida.
Manatee
Hylotelephium telephioides, or commonly known as Alleghenny Stonecrop, an endemic rock outcrop species at Little Stoney Man. Shenandoah National Park, VA.
Hylotelephium telephioides (Alleghenny Stonecrop)
Solidago randii, commonly known as Rand's Goldenrod, an endemic rock outcrop species at Little Stoney Man. Shenandoah National Park, VA.
Solidago randii (Rand's Goldenrod)
The skull and crossbones is a commonly used hazard symbol for poison and other lethal substances.
Skull and crossbones
Illustration of nutrient, toxin, and sediment inputs.
Inputs: nutrients, toxins, sediment
Illustration of toxic inputs.
Inputs: toxics
The Atlantic Goliath Grouper, commonly known as the jewfish, is a large saltwater fish of the grouper family found primarily in shallow tropical waters among coral and artificial reefs at depths from 5 to 50 m (16 to 164 ft). They may reach extremely large sizes, growing to lengths of up to 3 m (10 ft) and can weigh as much as 360 kg (790 lb). Since 1990, the fishery has been closed to harvest throughout the southeast region of the United States.
Epinephelus itajara (Atlantic Goliath Grouper) 1
Conceptual diagram illustrating a chart of species that have been threatened, endangered or extinct in Florida since the arrival of humans.
Human effect on Florida species
A sensitive species, seabeach amaranth is aided at Assateague Island National Seashore by a management program that protects a portion of the annual population from being eaten and trampled by horses and deer so they can mature and produce seeds. Conservation efforts have helped the plant population increase to nearly 2,200 individuals in 2007.
Cages protect seabeach amaranth (Amaranthus…
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
A sensitive species, seabeach amaranth is aided at Assateague Island National Seashore by a management program that protects a portion of the annual population from being eaten and trampled by horses and deer so they can mature and produce seeds. Conservation efforts have helped the plant population increase to nearly 2,200 individuals in 2007.
Seabeach amaranth (Amaranthus pumilus) under…
Moon jellyfish, named for their translucent, moonlike circular bell. Moon jellies have a short, fine fringe (cilia) that sweeps food toward the mucous layer on the edge of the bell. Prey is stored in pouches until the oral arms pick it up and begin to digest it. Photographed at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Moon jellyfish (Aurelia labiata)
Sea nettles hunt by trailing tentacles and mouth-arms covered in stinging cells which paralyze and capture prey, moving them to the mouth where they can be digested. Photographed at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Sea nettles (Chrysaora fuscescens)
Purple-striped jellies mysteriously appear near the shores of Monterey in certain seasons. Young cancer crabs are often found clinging to these jellies, even inside the gut. The crab helps the jelly by eating parasitic amphipods. Photographed at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Purple-striped Jelly (Chrysaora colorata)
Illustration of sword leaf phlox.
Phlox buckleyi wherry (Sword Leaf Phlox)
Illustration of Three-toothed Cinquefoil
Sibbaldiopsis tridentata (Three-toothed…
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