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Conceptual diagram illustrating ecosystem characteristics along the Midtown Manhattan 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 — Midtown Manhattan Transect

Deep sea mining: bulk cutter

Deep sea mining: seafloor mining tool

Deep sea mining: support vessel

Inputs: nutrients, toxins, sediment

Estuary 3D: River Mouth Triptych

Anemones are voracious eaters. Stinging cells (nematocytes) on their tentacles parlyze small prey. Photographed at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. — Anemone

Moon jellyfish, named for their translucent, moonlike circular bell. Moon jellies have a short, fine fringe (cilia) that sweeps food toward the mucous layer on the edge of the bell. Prey is stored in pouches until the oral arms pick it up and begin to digest it. Photographed at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. — Moon jellyfish (Aurelia labiata)

Sea nettles hunt by trailing tentacles and mouth-arms covered in stinging cells which paralyze and capture prey, moving them to the mouth where they can be digested. Photographed at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. — Sea nettles (Chrysaora fuscescens)

Purple-striped jellies mysteriously appear near the shores of Monterey in certain seasons. Young cancer crabs are often found clinging to these jellies, even inside the gut. The crab helps the jelly by eating parasitic amphipods. Photographed at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. — Purple-striped Jelly (Chrysaora colorata)