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Conceptual diagram illustrating a virus tracer study demonstrating that Class V injection wells can cause contamination of surface waters within the environment due to the porous nature of the limestone substrate.
Virus tracer study
Woodpecker holes
Great Smoky Mountain National Park
Scat, droppings, and leavings are various terms for animal waste. Found along a trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Great Smoky Mountain National Park
It is easiest to walk along the ridge of a sand dune, such as these found at Mesquite Flat Dunes. Death Valley has quite a variety of topography and geologic formations.
Footprints atop the dunes
Illustration of P. micans (Dinoflagellate)
Prorocentrum micans (Dinoflagellate)
Illustration of Prorocentrum minimum (Dinoflagellate) . P. minimum is a bloom-forming planktonic species in temperate, brackish waters to tropical regions; mostly estuarine, but also neritic. Due to its small size, often lost or overlooked in field samples. Cells are active swimmers. P. minimum is a toxic species; it produces venerupin (Hepatotoxin) which has caused shellfish poisoning resulting in gastrointestinal illnesses in humans and a number of deaths.
Prorocentrum minimum (Dinoflagellate)

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