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Illustration of a bulk cutter, used for deep sea mining.
Deep sea mining: bulk cutter
Tool to mine the sea floor.
Deep sea mining: seafloor mining tool
Illustration of a support vessel for deep sea mining.
Deep sea mining: support vessel
Illustration of nutrient, toxin, and sediment inputs.
Inputs: nutrients, toxins, sediment
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 how phytoplankton blooms in eastern Florida Bay and southern Biscayne Bay were sustained through feedback loops among ecosystem components.
Phytoplankton bloom feedback loops
Conceptual diagram illustrating the inverse relationship between the size of plants and their growth rates and nutrient requirements.
Relationship between plant size, nutrient…
Preparing a sediment core for sampling
Sediment core preparation
This sediment grab remains open when sent to the bottom and the release snaps shut the mouth for sediment collection.
Sediment grab
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
Sediments from the Patuxent River are sifted through onboard the R/V Aquarius to collect and identify benthic organisms
Sifting for benthic organisms
The grab sampler will collect sediment samples once the spring releases the jaws at the bottom of the Patuxent River.
Sediment grab sampler
low tide along one of the three tributary creeks to Monie Bay, National Estuarine Research Reserve
Low tide along a salt marsh
low tide along one of the three tributary creeks to Monie Bay
low tide along a salt marsh
Excess fine grained oxic and anoxic sediments from a sample core taken from the Patuxent River
Fine sediments from Patuxent River
A sediment core has been collected and is being prepared for storage and analysis by carefully filling the core with water from the sample site to minimize disturbance.
Sediment core preparation
Sediment slurries in triplicate were mixed and flasks were capped to trap gases released during denitrification
Sediment slurries
Cages for oyster biological indicators are messy with sediment and fouling after deployment
Messy cages
Sediments dredged up by this anchor hint at the salt marsh composition of the detritus and sediments.
Sediments dredged by a boat anchor
Illustration of sheltered vs. exposed coastline base with calcareous sediments
Coastline 2D: sheltered vs. exposed with…
Illustration of sheltered vs. exposed coastline base with siliceous sediments
Coastline 2D: sheltered vs. exposed with…
Illustration of mountains and laminated lake
Mountains 3D: laminated lake
Illustration of lake cross sectional base with turbidite and laminations
Lake 2D: turbidite and laminations
Conceptual diagram of processes in Tropical coastal regions developed as part of the LOICZ project to look at Land Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone
Tropical Coastal Ecosystem Summary
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