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Great egret hunting in a shallow marsh for an evening meal.
Egretta thula (Great Egret) in shallow marsh
Badlands National Park sits upon highly erodible sedimentary rocks that form distinctive pinnacles, gullies and spires. Threats to the park include illegal fossiling and the invasion of weeds and non-native grasses.
Badlands National Park
Illustration of the Ceratopteris spp.
Ceratopteris spp
Conceptual diagram illustrating a stake with an attached roosting block placed in an area with damaged seagrasses. Roosting birds defecate into the water adding nutrients that stimulate seagrass growth and recovery across the damaged area.
Bird stake installation
Conceptual diagram illustrating how seagrass communities fix carbon from seawater using light energy from the sun and produce carbon sources that fuel the seagrass food web. leaves, detritus and animals exported from seagrass beds are a
Carbon fixation by seagrass communities
Conceptual diagram illustrating density and change in species of seagrasses in Florida Bay following long-term (left column) and short-term (right column) fertilization after the installation of bird roosting stakes in a turtle grass bed.
Change in seagrasses after bird stake installation
Conceptual diagram illustrating changes in seagrasses in Johnson Key Basin, Western Florida Bay, and the relative coverage of seagrass species.
Changes in seagrass in Johnson Key Basin
Conceptual diagram illustrating current and historical hydrological conditions of the zones in Florida Bay.
Florida Bay hydrological conditions
Conceptual diagram illustrating the causes of seagrass die-off in Florida Bay.
Model explaining seagrass die-off in Florida Bay
Conceptual diagram illustrating how phytoplankton blooms in eastern Florida Bay and southern Biscayne Bay were sustained through feedback loops among ecosystem components.
Phytoplankton bloom feedback loops
Diagram showing threats to the seagrasses and birds in the Gulf of Mexico.
Diagram showing threats to the seagrasses and…
Beaches by Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston Beaches
White flower amidst a meadow
White flower found on Maui
Views of wetlands along the boardwalk in Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge
Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge
Beaches by Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston Beaches
Views of wetlands along the boardwalk in Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge
Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge
A solitary locust munching on marsh grass.
Locust
Dune grasses in bloom along beaches by Charleston, South Carolina
Dune grasses in bloom
Boardwalk through various habitats, including forest and wetlands in Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife refuge
Boardwalk
Marsh grasses in Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
Marsh grasses at Blackwater National Wildlife…
View from Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
Big sky at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
Views of wetlands along the boardwalk in Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge
Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge
Views of wetlands along the boardwalk in Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge
Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge
Views of wetlands along the boardwalk in Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge
Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge
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