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Conceptual diagram illustrating a stake with an attached roosting block placed in an area with damaged seagrasses. Roosting birds defecate into the water adding nutrients that stimulate seagrass growth and recovery across the damaged area.
Bird stake installation
Conceptual diagram illustrating how seagrass communities fix carbon from seawater using light energy from the sun and produce carbon sources that fuel the seagrass food web. leaves, detritus and animals exported from seagrass beds are a
Carbon fixation by seagrass communities
Conceptual diagram illustrating density and change in species of seagrasses in Florida Bay following long-term (left column) and short-term (right column) fertilization after the installation of bird roosting stakes in a turtle grass bed.
Change in seagrasses after bird stake installation
Conceptual diagram illustrating changes in seagrasses in Johnson Key Basin, Western Florida Bay, and the relative coverage of seagrass species.
Changes in seagrass in Johnson Key Basin
Conceptual diagram illustrating the processes in which oceanographic data are collected.
Collecting oceanographic data
Illustration of a fixed deepwater research station.
Deepwater research station
Conceptual diagram illustrating the spawning migration of a female lobster tagged on a patch reef. This bird's eye view shows that she traveled to the fore reef and returned to her den 4 days later (Scale is approximate).
Female lobster spawning migration
Conceptual diagram illustrating current and historical hydrological conditions of the zones in Florida Bay.
Florida Bay hydrological conditions
Conceptual diagram illustrating a brief history of the Florida Keys during the Quaternary Period.
Florida Keys during the quaternary period
Conceptual diagram illustrating a healthy coral reef ecosystem (left) and a biologically stressed coral reef ecosystem (right). Arrows indicate consumption or other negative impact to life corals.
Healthy vs. biologically stressed coral reef…
Conceptual diagram illustrating the contributing factors toward a healthy and eutrophic ecosystem.
Healthy vs. eutrophic ecosystem
Conceptual diagram illustrating the human energy pyramid on land and sea.
Human energy pyramid
Conceptual diagram illustrating nighttime foraging by lobsters. Lobsters are most active at night, leaving their den to look for food.
Lobster nighttime foraging
Conceptual diagram illustrating the critical habitat that mangroves provide for a variety of animals.
Mangroves provide critical habitat
Front view illustration of a microscope.
Microscope
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 potential impacts of sea-level rise on mangrove dominated shorelines.
Potential inundation of mangroves by sea-level…
Conceptual diagram illustrating primary productivity within seagrass beds.
Primary productivity of seagrass beds
Conceptual diagram illustrating the generalized distribution of seagrass species with depth.
Seagrass distribution
Conceptual diagram illustrating the complex food web that a South Florida seagrass meadow supports.
Seagrass meadow food web
Conceptual diagram illustrating differences in nutrient transport between benthic algae and seagrasses.
Seagrass nutrient transport
Conceptual diagram illustrating a simplified seagrass food web showing several commercially important consumers.
Simplified seagrass food web
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