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Taken from a fishing pier in Cape Charles, Virginia
Fishing Rod
Conceptual diagram illustrating different monitoring activities implemented on Assateague Island to track changing habitats. Monitoring activities - which are habitat specific - include water quality, seagrass area, salt marsh nekton survey, surface elevation table, plover nests and fledgling success, upland elevation change, shoreline rate of change, and beach topography.
Monitoring Activities to Track Changing Habitats…
Illustration of man doing beach topography
Monitoring: beach topography
Illustration of biologist monitoring birds with binoculars
Monitoring: biologist bird-watcher
Illustration of a man doing a deer population count.
Monitoring: deer population count
Illustration of a man doing the salt marsh nekton survey.
Monitoring: salt marsh nekton survey
Illustration of a technician using a Surface Elevation Table (SET).
Monitoring: surface elevation table
Two Ghost Crabs on the beaches of Cape Charles, VA
Ocypode (Ghost Crab)
The reflection of a Painted turtle as is sits on the river bank
Chrysemys picta (Painted turtle)
Illustration of Ardea Herodias (Great Blue Heron).
Ardea Herodias (Great Blue Heron)
Diagram showing key features of and major threats to the Great Barrier Reef.
Diagram showing key features of and major threats…
Egret sits next to a runoff pipe
Egret in a Local Runoff Pipe
an osprey occupies it's nest overlooking a river
Osprey
snapping turtle lies on the pavement during a summer day
Snapping Turtle
summer high humidity hangs suspended over soybean field
summer humidity over soybean field
waterspout rises over a local river
Waterspout
Illustration of Lutjanus jocu (Dog teeth snapper).
Lutjanus jocu (Dog teeth snapper)
Illustration of a 3D estuary, with braided river and mudflat.
Estuary 3D: braided river and mudflat
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…
The seabeach amaranth is an endangered species, this one was found on Assateague Island, Maryland
Amaranthus pumilus (seabeach amaranth)
The seabeach amaranth is an endangered species, this one was found on Assateague Island, Maryland
Amaranthus pumilus (seabeach amaranth)
A sensitive species, seabeach amaranth is aided at Assateague Island National Seashore by a management program that protects a portion of the annual population from being eaten and trampled by horses and deer so they can mature and produce seeds. Conservation efforts have helped the plant population increase to nearly 2,200 individuals in 2007.
Cages protect seabeach amaranth (Amaranthus…
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