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An icon representing degraded water quality.
Degraded water quality
An icon representing a ban on lawn fertilizer application.
Fertilizer ban icon
An icon representing a rain barrel.
Rain barrel icon
An icon representing the pumping out of septic tanks.
Water: septic truck icon
The sequence of events leading to record harmful algal blooms in the Indian River Lagoon ecosystem in March 2016. Over 100 tons of fish were killed.
A deadly sequence of events in Florida
Conceptual diagram illustrating ecosystem characteristics along the Verrazano Bridge Transect. Source: New York Harbor: Resilience in the face of four centuries of development. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2016.06.004
Verrazano Bridge Transect
Unsustainable development and overfishing threaten Belize's coral reefs.
Belize coral reefs in jeopardy
The degraded coral reefs of Mexico's east coast need clean, clear water to survive.
Coral reefs of Mexico are in jeopardy
Best management practices are needed from the ridge to the reef for healthy coastal zones and positive social wellbeing.
The coastal areas of Guatemala are impacted by…
The reduction of impacts and threats to the coastal ecosystem of Honduras benefits both humans and coral reefs.
The current features of and threats to the…
Dishwashers use a lot of water and the gray water may contain phosphates.
Dishwasher
Equipment used to spread fertilizer on residential lawns.
Lawn Fertilizer Spreader
Illustration of excess sediment running off the land into the water.
Inputs: sediments 2
An image illustrates how lawn fertilizer can negatively impact the watershed when rain washes it into the water system.
Lawn Fertilizer Limitation as a Key Stewardship…
An icon representing the application of fertilizer on agricultural fields.
Agricultural fertilizer icon
An icon representing the use or prohibition of lawn fertilizer application.
Lawn fertilizer icon
A conceptual diagram illustrates the current issues that bay subtidal and mudflat habitats face as well as the problems they are likely to face in the future as climate change impacts this ecosystem.
Effects of Climate Change on the Bay Subtidal and…
In the section of the river above the dam builds up with sediment, making the dam shallower. High water flow causes scouring and the transport of sediment and associated nutrients over the dam. On this other side of the dam phosphorus mobilizes in reaction with salt water. Further down the river seagrass beds grow on the Susquehanna flats.
Conowingo Dam Reservoir and Susquehanna Flats…
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…
Emergent wetland species are planted in a buoyant matrix that floats at the water surface. The roots of these plants grow through the matrix and take up the nutrients they need to grow directly from the water, potentially decreasing nutrient concentrations.
Floating Wetlands Structure and Impact
Excess nutrients will result in increased chlorophyll and turbidity, limiting the amount of light that reaches benthic sediment. Light is essential for healthy submerged aquatic vegetation growth.
Light and Dark Conditions Impact on Submerged…
A diagram depicting the effect that light conditions have on SAV and the trapping of nutrients.
Nutrient Trapping Diagram
Illustration of nutrient, toxin, and sediment inputs.
Inputs: nutrients, toxins, sediment
Conceptual diagram illustrating a cross section of an array of sampling wells surrounding a Class V injection well to determine rate and direction of wastewater plume and concentration of nutrients as the plume moves through limestone.
Cross section of sampling well array
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