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At an Aug 2016 report card workshop in Sisal Mexico, scientists and representatives from the local government and private sector assembled to begin the process of developing an ecosystem health assessment of the Yucatan State coastline. This map diagram shows the approximate locations of the natural resources and human activities in this region.
The natural resources and human activities of the…
The Arctic coastlines are highly variable, can be stable or extremely dynamic, and are the site of most of the human activity that occurs at high latitudes. Extraction of natural resources occurs in many locations around the Arctic Ocean creating the need for port facilities and the potential for pollution. These pressures are only likely to increase with time.
Human Dimension in the Arctic coastal zone
Unsustainable development and overfishing threaten Belize's coral reefs.
Belize coral reefs in jeopardy
One of the oldest handcrafts of African origin in the United States is the hand-woven winnowing sieve, a shallow basket that was used during the Colonia Era to separate the rice seed from its chaff. Made from indigenous bulrush, sweetgrass is a strong yet supple marsh grass that thrives in the sandy soil of the coastal regions of the US South Atlantic.
Gullah sweetgrass basket
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…
Pickleweed is an invasive or introduced plant in Hawaii. It has succulent, brilliant green leaves and is common in salt marshes and tidal shorelines. It grows slowly in soils with high salt concentrations and areas with seawater overwash where it suffers little competition from other plants. The species manages salts by sequestering them in cell vacuoles and eventually shedding the leaves.
Batis maritima (Pickleweed)
Side view of truck salting the road
Road salt truck
Salt evaporation ponds on the shoreline of Chilika Lake, Orissa, India.
Saltworks
Illustration of a ghost forest, which can be caused by sea-level rise, land subsidence, or both. As land subsides along the coast, trees can drown in saturated soils, creating ghost forests. Salt-water intrusion into groundwater can also cause salt-intolerant trees to die.
Climate change: ghost forest
Casting into the Atlantic Ocean, the fisherman tries his luck for any sportfish that comes along. Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland.
The popular sport of surf fishing on Assateague…
Found in and around aquatic or wetland habitats, this grass is avoided by grazing feral horses on Assateague Island, Maryland, in favor of Spartina alterniflora.
Distichlis spicata (Coastal Salt Grass)
Conceptual diagram illustrating saltwater intrusion on barrier islands due to climate change. As sea-level rises, ocean saltwater travels underground until it reaches the fresh groundwater in the mixing zone.
Saltwater Intrusion on Barrier Islands
Conceptual diagram illustrating natural resources found on Assateague Island. Assateague Island provides critical habitat for many unique plants and animals.
Assateague Island and Natural Resources, USA
Conceptual diagram illustrating different monitoring activities implemented on Assateague Island to track changing habitats. Monitoring activities - which are habitat specific - include water quality, seagrass area, salt marsh nekton survey, surface elevation table, plover nests and fledgling success, upland elevation change, shoreline rate of change, and beach topography.
Monitoring Activities to Track Changing Habitats…
Illustration of a man doing the salt marsh nekton survey.
Monitoring: salt marsh nekton survey
Illustration of a technician using a Surface Elevation Table (SET).
Monitoring: surface elevation table
Illustration of a 3D estuary, with braided river and mudflat.
Estuary 3D: braided river and mudflat
Tropical blue fish also known as Palette Surgeonfish, Hippo Tang, Hepatus Tang, Blue Surgeonfish, and Regal Tang. Photographed at Monterey Bay Auarium
Pacific Blue Tang (Paracanthurus hepatus)
flat topography is found in much of the Monie Bay reserve, where salt marsh dominates and forest is found in the backdrop along the tributaries of Monie Bay
tributary of Monie Bay
pines such as these are found as a backdrop to Spartina marsh within the Monie Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Pine tree
buoys marking oyster biological indicators at Monie Creek, a tributary of Monie Bay, National Estuarine Research Reserve
Buoys in Monie Creek
ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve
ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve
Marsh and forest at the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
twists and turns through forest and salt marsh within the National Estuarine Research Reserve
Curve of the creek
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