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An icon representing teaching.
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An icon representing a webinar conference.
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Icon representing a fishery.
Fishery
Icon representing coastal flooding.
Flooding
Icon representing a shellfish fishery.
Shellfish Fishery
Icon representing a shrimp fishery.
Shrimp Fishery
A scientist who studies birds.
Ornithologist
The queen conch is an important cultural and economic resource for Caribbean countries, but populations are in decline due primarily to overfishing and poaching.
Strombus gigas (Queen Conch)
A side view of a Seaside Sparrow.
Ammodramus maritimus (Seaside Sparrow)
A diagram illustrates the current state of Assateague Island's dunes and grasslands and shows the impacts climate change will likely have on this ecosystem.
Climate Change Effects on the Dunes of Assateague…
A diagram illustrates the current conditions of the forest and shrub ecosystem on Assateague Island and shows the impacts climate change will likely have on native species in this area.
Climate Change Impacts on Assateague's Forest…
A conceptual diagram illustrates the current issues that bay subtidal and mudflat habitats face as well as the problems they are likely to face in the future as climate change impacts this ecosystem.
Effects of Climate Change on the Bay Subtidal and…
A conceptual diagram illustrates the current threats to native salt marsh species as well as the threats these species will face as their habitat is altered by climate change.
Effects of Climate Change on the Salt Marsh…
A conceptual diagram illustrates the current issues that beach intertidal habitats face as well as the problems they are likely to face in the future as climate change impacts this ecosystem.
The effects of climate change on the beach…
The lined seahorse lives in the Atlantic Ocean as far north as Canada and as far south as the Caribbean, Mexico, and Venezuela. It swims in an erect position and uses its dorsal and pectoral fins for guidance while swimming. Lined seahorses feed mainly on minute crustaceans and brine shrimp, which they suck in through their snout.
Hippocampus erectus (Lined Seahorse)
Mnemiopsis leidyi is a species of tentaculate ctenophore originally native to the western Atlantic but is now invasive in the Black, Caspian, North and Baltic Seas
Mnemiopsis leidyi (Comb Jelly)
View of the beach at Hunting Island State Park in South Carolina.
Hunting Island State Park, South Carolina
Woods along the shoreline of Chesapeake Bay.
Woods along the shoreline
Woods along the shoreline of Chesapeake Bay.
Woods along the shoreline
Illustration of dugong (Dugong dugon)
Dugong dugon (Dugong) 2
Manatee in Port of the Islands, Florida.
Manatee
Manatee in Port of the Islands, Florida.
Manatee
Manatee in Port of the Islands, Florida.
Manatee
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