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Railroad bridge over the Monocacy River in Monocacy National Battlefield
Monocacy River
Conceptual diagram illustrating the differences in how barrier islands are formed along the shore. The structure of the island depends mainly on the balance between wave and tide energy.
Morphology of different barrier islands
Conceptual diagram illustrating how sea-level rise creates mainland-fringing marshland, as well as how it affects existing marshes.
Sea-level rise & marshes
Conceptual diagram illustrating an American eel's life cycle based in the coastal bays of Maryland.
The life cycle of the american eel
Great egret takes flight on edge of forest and salt marsh.
Great egret
Great egret takes flight on edge of forest and salt marsh.
Great egret takes flight
Flooded salt marsh due to storm surge at high tide. Culvert allows tide to flow under road but is almost submerged due to storm.
Tropical Storm Hanna
Submerged tidal marsh due to storm surge.
Tropical Storm Hanna
A commercial floating pile driver provides services for waterfront properties that have docks, boat lifts, or riprap.
Commercial pile driver
A commercial floating pile driver provides services for waterfront properties that have docks, boat lifts, or riprap.
Commercial pile driver
Filtering water samples for chlorophyll a, total suspended solids, total volatile solids, and suspended particulate matter. Filtered water can be used to measure dissolved nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus.
Filtering water samples
Filtering water samples for chlorophyll a, total suspended solids, total volatile solids, and suspended particulate matter. Filtered water can be used to measure dissolved nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus.
Filtering water samples
Laughing Gulls (Leucophaeus atricilla) on a dock and pilings in Monie Creek, part of the Monie Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Laughing Gulls
Monitoring the water quality on Monie Bay
Monitoring Water Quality
Recording water quality measurements from a YSI sonde while monitoring in Monie Creek, part of the Monie Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.
Monitoring water quality
Bank erosion can lead to trees overhanging creeks and rivers.
Overhanging tree
A poultry farm just beyond wetlands adjascent to Little Monie Creek, near the Monie Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Poultry farm along Little Monie Creek
Residential development reliant on septic systems can be found along portions of Monie Creek, which enters the Monie Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.
Waterfront residential development
A walkway through the salt marsh connects this dock on Little Monie Creek to the poultry farm in the background.
Dock on Little Monie Creek at poultry farm
Forest and wetlands along Monie Creek.
Monie Creek
Trees line a bend in Monie Creek
Monie Creek
Monie Creek wends along, emptying into Monie Bay. Much of its length is surrounded by Spartina marsh and forest, along its flat topography.
Monie Creek
Monie Creek wends along, emptying into Monie Bay. Much of its length is surrounded by Spartina marsh and forest, along its flat topography.
Monie Creek
Monie Creek wends along, emptying into Monie Bay. Much of its length is surrounded by Spartina marsh and forest, along its flat topography.
Monie Creek
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