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orange sunset over a beach with various waterbirds flying overhead.
Sunset over the Pacific
Close up shot of feet walking over a sandy beach with waves in the background.
Feet on the Beach
water gently lapping against a quiet beach.
Water lapping against the shore
Close up of waves rolling on a dark beach with a branch.
Waves
waves rolling against a sandy beach
Waves 2
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…
Icon representing time passing.
Hourglass
Conceptual diagram illustrating ecosystem characteristics along the George Washington 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
George Washington Bridge Transect
Conceptual diagram illustrating ecosystem characteristics along the Statue of Liberty 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
Statue of Liberty Transect
A graph shows the relationship between nitrogen levels and the brown tide cell concentrations in Maryland's Chesapeake and Coastal Bays.
Aureococcus Anophagefferens Blooms and Nitrogen…
A conceptual diagram illustrates the factors that cause brown tide algae blooms to occur in high magnitudes and what impacts these blooms have on the rest of the ecosystem.
Causes and Impacts of Brown Tide Algal Blooms
Walking through the beach during low tide on the Chesapeake Bay
Enjoying the Bay
A washed up crab trap on the beach of the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland
Ghost Pot
Tree exposed by extremely low tide, Terrapin Park, Kent Island, MD
Underwater Tree
Conceptual diagram illustrating the dominant mangrove species of south Florida.
Dominant mangrove species of south Florida
Conceptual diagram illustrating how, in the south Florida coastal area, the internal tide cores deliver cool, nutrient-rich water from the ocean depths to the outer reefs of the Florida Keys.
South Florida tide
Purple sea urchin can grow up to 3 inches (7 cm) across and are found in the Pacific from Vancouver Island to Isla Cedra, Baja California and are prey to sea otters (among others). Photographed at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Purple Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus)
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
twists and turns through forest and salt marsh within the National Estuarine Research Reserve
Curve of the creek
High tide in Little Creek (a tributary of Monie Bay) within the National Estuarine Research Reserve
High tide in Little Creek
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
low tide along one of the three tributary creeks to Monie Bay
Low tide along a salt marsh
Low tide along a salt marsh
Low tide in a salt marsh
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