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Sampling fish within the intertidal zone of a mangrove forest requires setting a block net at the interface between forest and river at high tide, then retrieving the net at low tide.  Here researchers await high tide to set the nets seen in the boat. 

Setting block net across an intertidal rivulet draining a hurricane-derived mudflat.  Net is retrieved at low tide to obtain an estimate of fish catch.  Fish density was found to be greater in waters draining natural tidal forests than in waters from mudflats formed as a result of landfall of a Category 5 hurricane on Cape Sable, Everglades National Park i

Scientists clear a lift net to capture intertidal fish in mangrove forest.

Scientist releases mangrove diamondback terrapins held briefly for tagging.

Mudflats (open water in background) derived via erosion and habitat conversion from former mangrove forests often have a band of mangroves adjacent to the creek bank.  Here a researcher accesses a mudflat at high tide to make measurements.

Lift nets buried in the forest floor and deployed at high tide permit the estimation of fish density within flooded forests.

Scientist displays juvenile tarpon captured in a tidal pond.

Technician processes fish samples brought in from mangroves.

Scientists pull a seine net through a blocked-off section of a man-made ditch to estimate fish abundance.

Scientists explore mangroves in a beach environment, Cape Sable, FL.