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Illustration indicating total organic carbon (TOC)
Total organic carbon (TOC)
Conceptual diagram illustrating the biomagnification of mercury within the aquatic food chain.
Biomagnification of mercury within aquatic food…
Conceptual diagram illustrating a coral polyp dividing by asexual budding to create a coral colony.
Formation of coral colony via asexual budding
Conceptual diagram illustrating the microbial food web of the mangrove forest.
Microbial food web of the mangrove forest
Conceptual diagram illustrating the causes of seagrass die-off in Florida Bay.
Model explaining seagrass die-off in Florida Bay
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
Conceptual diagram illustrating primary productivity within seagrass beds.
Primary productivity of seagrass beds
Conceptual diagram illustrating the inverse relationship between the size of plants and their growth rates and nutrient requirements.
Relationship between plant size, nutrient…
Conceptual diagram illustrating differences in nutrient transport between benthic algae and seagrasses.
Seagrass nutrient transport
Ideal conditions required for growth of any particular organism vary over scales of time and space. This occurs because the success of a habitat and associated organisms are dependent on a variety of factors. By protecting several replicates of similar habitats in the system, along an environmental gradient, the likelihood increases that at least one habitat will be healthy in any particular year. The life cycle of lobsters shows that just one species needs many connected habitats to survive and reproduce.
Habitat patchwork
Diagram showing the effect of increasing nutrient loading on aquatic primary producers.
Effect of nutrients of aquatic primary producers
Illustration of seabird guano
Seabird guano
Illustration of a high concentration of particulate organic carbon
Concentration; high particulate organic carbon
Illustration indicating an intermittent concentration of dissolved organic carbon
Concentration; intermittent dissolved organic…
An illustration indicating an intermittent concentration of particulate organic carbon
Concentration; intermittent particulate organic…
An illustration indicating a low concentration of dissolved organic carbon
Concentration; low dissolved organic carbon
Illustration of a low concentration of POC
Concentration; low particulate organic carbon
Illustration of invertebrate biodiversity
Biodiversity: invertebrates
Illustration of Bioturbation
Bioturbation
Illustration of high chlorophyll concentration
Concentration; high chlorophyll
An illustration indicating a high concentration of dissolved organic carbon
Concentration; high dissolved organic carbon
Illustration of a high concentration of phytoplankton
Concentration; high phytoplankton
An illustration indicating an intermittent concentration of chlorophyll
Concentration; intermittent chlorophyll
An illustration indicating an intermittent concentration of phytoplankton
Concentration; intermittent phytoplankton
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