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Wetland and Aquatic Research Center

WARC conducts relevant and objective research, develops new approaches and technologies, and disseminates scientific information needed to understand, manage, conserve, and restore wetlands and other aquatic and coastal ecosystems and their associated plant and animal communities throughout the nation and the world. 

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Showcasing USGS Science at the 2023 St. Petersburg Science Festival

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Sound Waves Newsletter - December 2022-February 2023

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Comprehensive Review of Burmese Python Science Released

Publications

Outlining potential biomarkers of exposure and effect to critical minerals: Nutritionally essential trace elements and the rare earth elements

Emerging and low-carbon technologies and innovations are driving a need for domestic sources, sustainable use, and availability of critical minerals (CMs)—those vital to the national and economic security of the United States. Understanding the known and potential health effects of exposures to such mineral commodities can inform prudent and environmentally responsible handling and harvesting. We

Mangrove reforestation provides greater blue carbon benefit than afforestation for mitigating global climate change

Significant efforts have been invested to restore mangrove forests worldwide through reforestation and afforestation. However, blue carbon benefit has not been compared between these two silvicultural pathways at the global scale. Here, we integrated results from direct field measurements of over 370 restoration sites around the world to show that mangrove reforestation (reestablishing mangroves w

From bottom-up to top-down control of invertebrate herbivores in a retrogressive chronosequence

In the long-term absence of disturbance, ecosystems often enter a decline or retrogressive phase which leads to reductions in primary productivity, plant biomass, nutrient cycling and foliar quality. However, the consequences of ecosystem retrogression for higher trophic levels such as herbivores and predators, are less clear. Using a post-fire forested island-chronosequence across which retrogres

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Purple Loosestrife in Louisiana: A Call for Citizen Scientists

Join USGS in helping to prevent the spread of the invasive purple loosestrife in Louisiana.
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Purple Loosestrife in Louisiana: A Call for Citizen Scientists

Join USGS in helping to prevent the spread of the invasive purple loosestrife in Louisiana.
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Fish Chat and Slam December 2022

Fifty-seven fish biologists from 12 organizations participated in a three-day Fish Chat and Slam event in South Florida.
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Fish Chat and Slam December 2022

Fifty-seven fish biologists from 12 organizations participated in a three-day Fish Chat and Slam event in South Florida.
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Data Analyses for St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge Predator Control Project

USGS researchers will conduct analysis to determine how shorebird abundance, diversity, and nesting success changed following predator removal.
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Data Analyses for St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge Predator Control Project

USGS researchers will conduct analysis to determine how shorebird abundance, diversity, and nesting success changed following predator removal.
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