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Illustration of Tecticornia flabelliformis (Bead Samphire)
Tecticornia flabelliformis (Bead Samphire)
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 the elements of a soft shoreline and how they can benefit a habitat, versus the elements of a hard shoreline that offer few benefits towards a habitat, and in some cases can be damaging.
Soft vs. hard shorelines
Illustration of Spartina pectinata (Prairie Cordgrass)
Spartina pectinata (Prairie Cordgrass)
Illustration of Eleocharis dulcis (Chinese Water Chestnut) with tuber
Eleocharis dulcis (Chinese Water Chestnut)
Illustration of Fimbristylis dichotoma (Tall Fringe-rush)
Fimbristylis dichotoma (Tall Fringe-rush)
Illustration of Melaleuca spp. (Ti Tree) leaves
Melaleuca spp. (Ti Tree) leaves
Illustration of Impatiens capensis (Spotted Jewelweed)
Impatiens capensis (Spotted Jewelweed)
Illustration of Peltandra virginica (Green Arrow Alum)
Peltandra virginica (Green Arrow Alum)
Illustration of Zizania spp. (Wild Rice)
Zizania spp. (Wild Rice)
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
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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