Introduction Florida Keys extend southwest off the southern tip of Florida This area includes the only coral reef system off North America The Florida Reef Tract is the third largest in the world The Florida Keys are a chain of 1,700 islands extending southwest from the southern tip
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Productivity and Shelter Seagrass provides food and shelter for many marine organisms. Seagrasses are a primarily food source for many organisms including the manatee (Trichechus manatus) and green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) both of which are endangered marine herbivores. Many marine spec
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Problems Decrease of water quality and diversity due to human and natural causes Water quality and biodiversity has been declining over the years due to human activity and natural causes. There was a major seagrass die-off during the summer of 1987 in the western portion of Florida Bay. Lo
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Seagrasses are not „true“ grasses. Seagrasses are found in shallow coastal waters Seagrasses provide important habitat for marine organisms Seagrasses are more closely related to the lilies rather than true grasses. There are over 50 temperate and tropical species of seagrass belong
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Papua New Guinea harbors one of the richest biotas in the world, with approximately 5 percent of the planet’s biodiversity. Yet many areas of the country are incompletely surveyed, especially for invertebrate animals like land snails. Unlike many other countries, Papua New Guinea retains mu
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Way back in the spring of 2017 we teamed up with the University of Hawaii’s Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology and the Smithonian’s MarineGEO program to conduct a biodiversity survey of Kaneohe Bay off of Oahu. We stayed at the HIMB marine lab on Coconut Island with several expeditions each d
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Learn the difference between the common ceramic series of the Caribbean (Rouse 1992) with these cheat sheets from Collections Assistant Emily Kracht: A handy guide to Caribbean ceramic identification: Saladoid Fancy af One of the first series in the Caribbean Beginning of the „Cera
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Environmental Impacts Some environmental impacts include the tides, storm water drainage, and salinity. These factors impact the lagoon on a daily basis. Salinity Salinity plays an important environmental factor in Lake Worth Lagoon, too much or too little can cause some species to die off. The
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Specimens in the Florida Museum’s Division of Ichthyology are generally available for scientific research or educational uses. Loans are granted at the discretion of the Curator or Collection Manager to qualified scientific professionals, to graduate students through their faculty advisor, and to o
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