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Conceptual diagram illustrating salinity in the Florida bay and Biscayne Bay over the years, based on core samples.
Historical salinity in south Florida bays
Conceptual diagram illustrating the causes of seagrass die-off in Florida Bay.
Model explaining seagrass die-off in Florida Bay
Wax myrtle (Myrica cerifera) is the most common shrub in the  areas behind the ocean dunes and protected from salt spray. It is an evergreen whose berries are eaten by tree swallows and myrtle warblers, and that provides cover for small rodents and rabbits.
Myrica cerifera (wax myrtle)
Conceptual diagram illustrating a schematic view of south Florida, including Miami and Biscayne Bay, showing physical connectivity of marine habitats and movement of life stages of grouper among habitat types.
South Florida adult habitat gradient
Conceptual diagram illustrating the ecosystem of the southern portion of the Florida peninsula.
South Florida peninsula habitat
Conceptual diagram illustrating natural resources found on Assateague Island. Assateague Island provides critical habitat for many unique plants and animals.
Assateague Island and Natural Resources, USA
Conceptual diagram illustrating the effects of sea-level rise and storm surges on barrier islands. When sea-level rise combines with strong storms, barrier islands experience high storm surges, which increases the effects of flooding and erosion.
Sea-level Rise and Storm Surges on Barrier Islands
Two men in a boat set their trotline early in the morning in Town Creek, Oxford, MD
Setting the Trotline
The reflection of a Painted turtle as is sits on the river bank
Chrysemys picta (Painted turtle)
First annual release of the Maryland's Coastal Bays Report Card. These sensitive coastal lagoons received an overall grade of C+ for 2008. Scientists, the Maryland Coastal Bays Program, National Parks Service, state and local politicians, other dignitaries, and the general public gathered to hear the assessment which was based on water quality and other monitoring data and disseminated widely through various media. The Report Card was a collaboration between several entities, including the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, IAN, EcoCheck, and the Maryland Coastal Bays Program.
Bill gets interviewed
Water quality monitoring fieldwork in Maryland's Coastal Bays
Fieldwork in Maryland's Coastal Bays
Idle fishing rods lie along the fishing pier at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel
Idle Fishing Rods
Skillet fish are commonly found among oyster shells and reefs. This was found during water quality monitoring fieldwork in Maryland's Coastal Bays
Skilletfish found among oyster shells in…
The fishing boat 'General Pershing' moored off Monterey, CA
Fishing with General Pershing
On a clear day, the fishing pier at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel is packed with people
Fishing Pier at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel
Illustration of Aldrichetta forsteri (Yellow-eye Mullet)
Aldrichetta forsteri (Yellow-eye Mullet)
Fishing rods line the fishing pier at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel in Virginia. The tunnel lies in front of the pier and emerges from the rock island beyond the sailboats in the background.
Fishing rods along a pier
Collecting water samples in Maryland's Coastal Bays
Collecting water samples
Ghost crab pot (lacking a marker buoy) recovered in Maryland's Coastal Bays. Ghost fishing results in a number of mortalities for fish, blue crabs, and other estuarine or marine organisms.
Ghost crab pot
These oyster biological indicators were collected after deployment in a tributary of Monie Bay. One set had a greenish tinge, while the other did not, even though both sets were deployed at the same site.
Collected oysters
A Taylor float is used for Oyster Gardening for oyster restoration. The PVC tubing allows these oysters to grow near the surface of the water, above water that is potentially hypoxic (with little oxygen) or anoxic (no oxygen).
Taylor float for oyster gardening
Oyster spat on shell for distribution to oyster gardeners for oyster restoration
Oyster Spat on Shell
Transplanting oysters from Oyster Gardening program to a restoration reef in Chesapeake Bay
Planting oysters onto restoration reef
Wetlands and forest surround much of Johnson Bay
Johnson Bay
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