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Illustration of a local fishing boat used on Chilika Lake, a brackish water lagoon located in the Odisha state on the east coast of India.
Net fishers (India)
Fishermen heading home with their catch at sunset, on the northeast coast of Samoa near Lufilufi and the Piula Cave Pool.
Samoan fisherman at sunset
Fishermen heading home with their catch at sunset, on the northeast coast of Samoa near Lufilufi and the Piula Cave Pool.
Samoan fishermen at sunset
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
Blackwater, Located in Maryland, during the winter
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
Basking Turtle at Blackwater NWR, Maryland
Chrysemys picta (pinted turtle) sitting in the sun
Diagram showing desired and degraded condition of wetland and waterway habitats within Manassas National Battlefield Park.
Diagram showing desired and degraded condition of…
Diagram showing summary results of habitat-based resource condition assessment of Manassas National Battlefield Park.
Diagram showing summary results of habitat-based…
Diagram showing desired and degraded condition of forest habitats within Manassas National Battlefield Park.
Diagram showing desired and degraded condition of…
A secretive, nocturnal species, the Small Spotted Genet inhabits rocky terrain with caves, dense scrubland, pine forests, and marshland. This handsome, feline-looking animal, has a pale grey and black spotted coat, with a long striped tail. Like all genets, it has a small head, large ears and eyes, and short legs with retractable claws.
Small spotted genet
Diagram showing desired and degraded condition of croplands within Monocacy National Battlefield.
Diagram showing desired and degraded condition of…
Diagram showing desired and degraded condition of forests within Monocacy National Battlefield.
Diagram showing desired and degraded condition of…
Diagram showing desired and degraded condition of grasslands within Monocacy National Battlefield.
Diagram showing desired and degraded condition of…
Diagram showing desired and degraded condition of pasture lands within Monocacy National Battlefield.
Diagram showing desired and degraded condition of…
Diagram showing desired and degraded condition of wetlands and waterways within Monocacy National Battlefield.
Diagram showing desired and degraded condition of…
Diagram showing summary results of habitat-based resource condition assessment of Monocacy National Battlefield.
Diagram showing summary results of habitat-based…
Illustration of a purse seine, with net extended.
Purse Seine
Illustration of a Benthic Otter Trawl net
Benthic Otter Trawl
Illustration of a benthic trawler
Benthic Trawler
Illustration of benthic trawling
Benthic Trawling
A yellow Grass rockfish (Sebastes rastrelliger), which is unusual coloration. Most grass rockfish are olive green. Photographed at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Unusual grass rockfish
Fishing net
Fishing net
Collecting plankton along the Patuxent River
Plankton collection
These weights are towed apart from each other from behind a boat, keeping fishing nets open. When hoisted back on board, the net closes and can be hauled in.
Fishing net trap door
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