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This diagram shows the features, values, and threats for Guanabara Bay and its watershed, near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Guanabara Bay Values and Threats
An icon representing degraded water quality.
Degraded water quality
An icon representing a rain barrel.
Rain barrel icon
The degraded coral reefs of Mexico's east coast need clean, clear water to survive.
Coral reefs of Mexico are in jeopardy
Best management practices are needed from the ridge to the reef for healthy coastal zones and positive social wellbeing.
The coastal areas of Guatemala are impacted by…
The reduction of impacts and threats to the coastal ecosystem of Honduras benefits both humans and coral reefs.
The current features of and threats to the…
Illustration of Gyrodinium species
Gyrodinium species
Poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) on a tree, in Maryland.
Poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)
Pyrodinium bahamense, considered the sister taxon to Alexandrium, is a tropical euryhaline dinoflagellate found mainly in the Atlantic Ocean. P. bahamense is a major cause of seafood toxicity and cause of paralytic shellfish poisoning, especially in Southeast Asia.
Pyrodinium bahamense
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
The skull and crossbones is a commonly used hazard symbol for poison and other lethal substances.
Skull and crossbones
Illustration of nutrient, toxin, and sediment inputs.
Inputs: nutrients, toxins, sediment
Illustration of toxic inputs.
Inputs: toxics
Conceptual diagram illustrating the biomagnification of mercury within the aquatic food chain.
Biomagnification of mercury within aquatic food…
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
Illustration of low toxicant inputs
Toxicants: low
Tuckahoe State Park, Maryland
Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana)
Illustration of rusty drum
Rusty drum
Poision Ivy Leaves (Toxicodendron radicans) skin contact with these will most likely lead to an itchy rash.
Leaves of Three, Let Them Be
Illustration of Rhus radicans (Poison Ivy)
Rhus radicans (Poison Ivy)
Illustration of Rhus radicans (Poison Ivy) leaf
Rhus radicans (Poison Ivy) leaf
Illustration of high toxicant inputs
Toxicants: high
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