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Bluegill side view
Lepomis macrochirus (Bluegill)
The mantis shrimp is a crustacean with a flattened, segmented body and praying mantis-like claws. It burrows within muddy flats along the shoreline of the middle and lower Chesapeake Bay. Mantis shrimp eat live fish, crabs, worms and shrimp, including other mantis shrimp. They are aggressive, violent predator, using their sharp claws to spear or slice through prey with a quick, slashing motion.
Mantis Shrimp (Squilla empusa)
White fish lay in brown murky water nearby an abandoned shrimp net. In Chilika Lake, active shrimp pens and abandoned nets trap sediment and kill juvenile fish.
Abandoned shrimp nets
White fish in murky green water nearby illegal shrimp pen. In Chilika Lake, active shrimp pens and abandoned nets trap sediment and kill juvenile fish.
Illegal shrimp pens
The steps in this diagram assist Trust Fund recipients in determining the best experimental design and monitoring method for their water quality monitoring project.
Water Quality Management Decision Tree
View from the North Rim of the Grand Canyon National Park.
North Rim, Grand Canyon
Illustration of adult Penaeus monodon (Tiger Prawn).
Penaeus monodon (Tiger Prawn) : adult
Illustration of satellite-tracked drifter, a remote sensing instrument.
Satellite-tracked drifter
Conceptual diagram illustrating the impact of the phytoplankton community on the aquatic ecosystem.
Impact of phytoplankton community on food web…
Conceptual diagram illustrating the microbial food web of the mangrove forest.
Microbial food web of the mangrove forest
Conceptual diagram illustrating primary productivity within seagrass beds.
Primary productivity of seagrass beds
Conceptual diagram illustrating the complex food web that a South Florida seagrass meadow supports.
Seagrass meadow food web
Conceptual diagram illustrating a simplified seagrass food web showing several commercially important consumers.
Simplified seagrass food web
Conceptual diagram illustrating thermal expansion of the ocean in relation to climate change.
Experiment for Thermal Expansion
Conceptual diagram illustrating the effects of climate change on polar ice. There are two kinds of polar ice - ice that floats on the sea (sea ice) or ice that sits on land (land ice). The experiment demonstrates that sea ice does not impact sea-level rise when it melts, but land ice does add to sea-level rise when it melts into the ocean.
Experiment Demonstrating Melting Ice
Sediment slurries in 125 mL Erlenmeyer flasks capped with rubber stoppers to prevent gas exchange for indirect measurements of denitrification using acetylene inhibition techniques
Sediment slurries
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Kileaua caldera emits sulfur dioxide gas and steam
Illustration map of Merrimack River in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, USA
USA MA NH: Merrimack River
Illustration map of Plum Island Sound in Massachusetts, USA
USA MA: Plum Island Sound
Illustration of hand pruners
Hand pruners
Water samples collected for analysis. These samples have been capped and crimped to seal against gas exchange so that dissolved gases can be analyzed.
Water samples
Illustration of box corer
Box corer
Illustration of core logger
Core logger
Illustration of portable sub-bottom profiling system SB-216S
Portable sub-bottom profiling system SB-216S
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