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Map of the land area of Florida during the Early Pliocene, Late Pleistocene (red dotted line), and present-day Florida.
History of Florida land area
Conceptual diagram illustrating a chart of species that have been threatened, endangered or extinct in Florida since the arrival of humans.
Human effect on Florida species
Conceptual diagram illustrating the human energy pyramid on land and sea.
Human energy pyramid
Conceptual diagram illustrating how hurricanes are structured and formed.
Hurricane formation
Conceptual diagram illustrating the impact of the phytoplankton community on the aquatic ecosystem.
Impact of phytoplankton community on food web…
Conceptual diagram illustrating the life cycle of a poliovirus.
Life cycle of a poliovirus
Conceptual diagram illustrating the life cycle of the Caribbean spiny lobster.
Life cycle of the Caribbean spiny lobster
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 mangrove conservation and restoration practices that increase the survival of mangrove forests.
Mangrove conservation and restoration practices
Conceptual diagram illustrating the important ecological functions that mangroves provide to the marine environment.
Mangrove ecological functions
Conceptual diagram illustrating several of the more notable species provided habitat by mangrove forests.
Mangrove forest wildlife
Conceptual diagram illustrating the critical habitat that mangroves provide for a variety of animals.
Mangroves provide critical habitat
Conceptual diagram illustrating a number of technology tools that are used to collect data on various aspects of the Florida Bay.
Methods of data collection
Conceptual diagram illustrating the microbial food web of the mangrove forest.
Microbial food web of the mangrove forest
Conceptual diagram illustrating the causes of seagrass die-off in Florida Bay.
Model explaining seagrass die-off in Florida Bay
Conceptual diagram illustrating the process used by scientists to explore the similarities and differences in modern fauna and core fauna of a specific region.
Modern vs. core fauna
Conceptual diagram illustrating a modern central collection and wastewater treatment plant.
Modern Wastewater Treatment
Conceptual diagram illustrating how nutrient availability, which decreases as you move further offshore, determines the location of algae and seagrasses.
Nutrient availability influences algae and…
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 complex life cycle of the queen conch.
Queen conch life cycle
Conceptual diagram illustrating that effective management can reduce user conflicts in marine environments.
Reduction of user conflicts in marine environments
Conceptual diagram illustrating the inverse relationship between the size of plants and their growth rates and nutrient requirements.
Relationship between plant size, nutrient…
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