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A Labrador Retriever retrieving a mallard duck
Canis familiaris (dog): hunting dog
Illustration of a pignut hickory.
Carya glabra (Pignut Hickory)
A montage of some of the Chesapeake Bay Heroes that appeared at Horn Point Laboratory's 2017 Open House.
The Chesapeake Bay Heroes
Pond apple tree in the Everglades at Royal Palm Visitor Center.
Pond apple tree
The banded flutterer dragonfly is found along the north and east coasts of Australia as well as Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and New Caledonia. They prefer still or slow-running waters, and glide or flutter their wings slowly. They can change speed and direction suddenly when flight.
Rhyothemis graphiptera (Banded Flutterer)
A waterbird species found in coastal northern Australia. The adult Magpie goose has black and white feathers, a long neck and a cranial knob (smaller in females). They also have orange legs with partly webbed feet, and a red beak with a white hook on the end which assists them in probing for food. The Northern Territory holds the largest populations and breeding areas of the Magpie goose with an estimated population of over 2 million individuals.
Anseranas semipalmata (Magpie Goose) 2
Oryza meridionalis is a wild rice indigenous to Australia. It is found at edges of freshwater lagoons, temporary pools, and swamps.
Oryza meridionalis (Wild rice)
Hymenachne was introduced into northern Queensland, Australia in the 1970s to use in ponded pastures. It escaped cultivation a few years after its release in 1988. It is spreading throughout the tropical wetlands of northern Australia and is most common in the coastal wetlands of northern Queensland and the Northern Territory.
Hymenachne amplexicaulis (Olive hymenachne)
A diagram illustrates the current conditions of the forest and shrub ecosystem on Assateague Island and shows the impacts climate change will likely have on native species in this area.
Climate Change Impacts on Assateague's Forest…
Laboratory setup for HPL open house in Cambridge, MD
HPL laboratory setup
Open house event at HPL in Cambridge, MD with touch tank
HPL open house with touch tank
Conceptual diagram illustrating the process used by scientists to explore the similarities and differences in modern fauna and core fauna of a specific region.
Modern vs. core fauna
Conceptual diagram illustrating how nutrient availability, which decreases as you move further offshore, determines the location of algae and seagrasses.
Nutrient availability influences algae and…
Illustration of light availability, which decreases with increasing water depth.
Light availability
Illustration of a male Cheilinus undulatus (Humphead Wrasse)
Cheilinus undulatus (Humphead Wrasse) : male
Illustration of Macropus agilis (Agile Wallaby)
Macropus agilis (Agile Wallaby)
First annual release of the Maryland's Coastal Bays Report Card. These sensitive coastal lagoons received an overall grade of C+ for 2008. Scientists, the Maryland Coastal Bays Program, National Parks Service, state and local politicians, other dignitaries, and the general public gathered to hear the assessment which was based on water quality and other monitoring data and disseminated widely through various media. The Report Card was a collaboration between several entities, including the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, IAN, EcoCheck, and the Maryland Coastal Bays Program.
Bill gets interviewed
Laboratory drying oven. Oyster tissue samples are on the bottom shelf and dried at 60 degrees Celcius overnight or until thoroughly dry. Dessicant is on the middle shelf to remove any moisture.
Drying oven
Samples are ground with mortar and pestle
Grinding with mortar and pestle
Oyster shells are cleaned and dried in preparation for larval settling as part of the Oyster Restoration Project and the Horn Point Laboratory oyster hatchery.
Oyster shells for restoration
Oyster shells are cleaned and dried in preparation for setting oyster larvae for restoration, as part of the Oyster Restoration Project in conjunction with the Horn Point Laboratory oyster hatchery.
Oyster shells for restoration
Snow and ice on the rocks by the beach at Horn Point Laboratory
Snow on the rocks
The R/V Aquarius: built 1964, length: 64', beam: 16', height: 28', draft: 5'6
R/V Aquarius
Female Cheilinus undulatus (Humphead Wrasse).
Cheilinus undulatus (Humphead Wrasse) : female
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