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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
Sand dollars live below the average low water mark on top of or just beneath sandy or muddy surfaces. Spines on the somewhat flattened underside of the animal allow them to burrow or to slowly creep through the sand. Photographed at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Sand dollars (Dendraster excentricus)
Diagram showing condition of habitats on Assateague Island.
Diagram showing condition of habitats on…
Conceptual Diagram illustrating the general requirements for seagrass and clam aquaculture. These both include sandy sediment and shallow water.
Habitat requirements of seagrass and hard clams
Illustration of subtidal seagrass habitat
Seagrass habitat: subtidal
Illustration of habitat base with subtidal mud
Habitat 2D: subtidal mud

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