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Image: Radiodiscus sp.
Radiodiscus sp.
Radiodiscus sp.
Radiodiscus sp.

Top of Radiodiscus sp. viewed with scanning electron microscope.

Top of Radiodiscus sp. viewed with scanning electron microscope.

Image: Gastrocopta germindens
Gastrocopta germindens
Gastrocopta germindens
Gastrocopta germindens

Gastrocopta germindens shell viewed with a scanning electron microscope.

Image: Minute Gem Snail (Hawaiia minuscula)
Minute Gem Snail (Hawaiia minuscula)
Minute Gem Snail (Hawaiia minuscula)
Minute Gem Snail (Hawaiia minuscula)

Hawaiia minuscula shell observed with a scanning electron microscope with aperture facing down.

Image: Comb Snaggletooth Snail (Gastrocopta pentodon)
Comb Snaggletooth Snail (Gastrocopta pentodon)
Comb Snaggletooth Snail (Gastrocopta pentodon)
Comb Snaggletooth Snail (Gastrocopta pentodon)

Gastrocopta pentodon shell viewed with a scanning electron microscope with a zoom-in of the aperture.

Image: Cattle and Cattle Egrets (Bubulcus ibis)
Cattle and Cattle Egrets (Bubulcus ibis)
Cattle and Cattle Egrets (Bubulcus ibis)
Cattle and Cattle Egrets (Bubulcus ibis)

An unidentified cow (Bovidae Family) with cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis) in the grass. Deforestation is visible in the background.

An unidentified cow (Bovidae Family) with cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis) in the grass. Deforestation is visible in the background.

Image: Placing a Fyke Net in Wetland Vegetation
Placing a Fyke Net in Wetland Vegetation
Placing a Fyke Net in Wetland Vegetation
Placing a Fyke Net in Wetland Vegetation

Glen Black of GLSC and Angela Wahlquist of Northland College places fyke net in wetland vegetation in Fish Creek Slough of Lake Superior near Ashland, Wisconsin, as part of a study of bioindicators of wetland degradation in the Great Lakes. This study is funded by the U.S.

Glen Black of GLSC and Angela Wahlquist of Northland College places fyke net in wetland vegetation in Fish Creek Slough of Lake Superior near Ashland, Wisconsin, as part of a study of bioindicators of wetland degradation in the Great Lakes. This study is funded by the U.S.

Image: Conducting a Breeding Bird Survey
Conducting a Breeding Bird Survey
Conducting a Breeding Bird Survey
Image: Scientist Taking Water Samples
Scientist Taking Water Samples
Scientist Taking Water Samples
Scientist Taking Water Samples

Todd Preston, USGS contract scientist, collecting a surface-water sample from a Prairie Pothole wetland.

Image: Placing Invertebrate Traps in a Pond
Placing Invertebrate Traps in a Pond
Placing Invertebrate Traps in a Pond
Placing Invertebrate Traps in a Pond

Graduate student Christiane Roy placing suspended invertebrate traps in the experimental ponds by kayak.

Image: Light Meter near Mangrove Corals
Light Meter near Mangrove Corals
Light Meter near Mangrove Corals
Light Meter near Mangrove Corals

Underwater light sensor deployed under the mangrove canopy where corals are growing.

Image: American Bullfrog
American Bullfrog
American Bullfrog
American Bullfrog

A biologist examines an American bullfrog along the Yellowstone River near Billings, MT.

A biologist examines an American bullfrog along the Yellowstone River near Billings, MT.

Image: Gray jay
Gray jay
Gray jay
Gray jay

Gray jay perched on tree in the Presidential Range, White Mountains, NH

Gray jay perched on tree in the Presidential Range, White Mountains, NH

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