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Upriver view of the Colorado River where it meets the ocean. This photo was taken after the Minute 319 pulse flow to to simulate natural spring floods. Water provided by the Minute 319 agreement between the United States and Mexico is intended to promote riparian habitat restoration along the river in its delta.
Upriver view of the Colorado River where it meets the ocean. This photo was taken after the Minute 319 pulse flow to to simulate natural spring floods. Water provided by the Minute 319 agreement between the United States and Mexico is intended to promote riparian habitat restoration along the river in its delta.
Between 2009 and 2018, scientists conducted a national scale assessment of mercury accumulation in the National Park System using dragonfly larvae as biosentinels (species that accumulate a pollutant in their tissues as an index of exposure to other organisms without significant adverse effects to the biosentinel) through a citizen science network called the Dragonf
Between 2009 and 2018, scientists conducted a national scale assessment of mercury accumulation in the National Park System using dragonfly larvae as biosentinels (species that accumulate a pollutant in their tissues as an index of exposure to other organisms without significant adverse effects to the biosentinel) through a citizen science network called the Dragonf
A CERC pond being used for a sturgeon study is being mapped using an aDcp mounted on a River Ray.
A CERC pond being used for a sturgeon study is being mapped using an aDcp mounted on a River Ray.
Boat equipped with singlebeam sonar for mapping the bed of a river at shallow depths along the shoreline of the Colorado River.
Boat equipped with singlebeam sonar for mapping the bed of a river at shallow depths along the shoreline of the Colorado River.
Dave Walsh, Acting center Director, and Bob O'Gorman, fishery biologist sort the catch aboard the RV/Kaho in Lake Ontario.
Dave Walsh, Acting center Director, and Bob O'Gorman, fishery biologist sort the catch aboard the RV/Kaho in Lake Ontario.
Oceanographic Research Vessel METEOR. Photo courtesy of Ferdinand Oberle.
Location: NW Iberian Shelf, Atlantic Ocean
Oceanographic Research Vessel METEOR. Photo courtesy of Ferdinand Oberle.
Location: NW Iberian Shelf, Atlantic Ocean
Surveying an exposed sandbar along the bank of the Colorado River, Grand Canyon, May 2014. Photo by USGS, public domain.
Surveying an exposed sandbar along the bank of the Colorado River, Grand Canyon, May 2014. Photo by USGS, public domain.
Pinyon-juniper and sagebrush on Juniper Mountain, Nevada.
Pinyon-juniper and sagebrush on Juniper Mountain, Nevada.
Oceanographic Research Vessel METEOR.
Location: NW Iberian Shelf, Atlantic Ocean
Oceanographic Research Vessel METEOR.
Location: NW Iberian Shelf, Atlantic Ocean
One of the many passing bottom trawlers on the NW Iberian Shelf as seen from Research Vessel METEOR.
Location: NW Iberian Shelf, Atlantic Ocean
One of the many passing bottom trawlers on the NW Iberian Shelf as seen from Research Vessel METEOR.
Location: NW Iberian Shelf, Atlantic Ocean
Deployment of Scientific Research Equipment (Tripod) from ship, RV Meteor
Location: NW Iberian Shelf, Atlantic Ocean
Deployment of Scientific Research Equipment (Tripod) from ship, RV Meteor
Location: NW Iberian Shelf, Atlantic Ocean
Field site truck and trailer at the Onaqui SageStep field site, field camp
Field site truck and trailer at the Onaqui SageStep field site, field camp
Sagebrush ecosystem in the winter.
Sagebrush after juniper removal in Utah.
Photo of restoration structures in the Deer Island restoration site, Missouri River, during April 2014.
Photo of restoration structures in the Deer Island restoration site, Missouri River, during April 2014.
Common Mergansers are sometimes called sawbills, fish ducks, or goosanders. The word “merganser” comes from the Latin and translates to “plunging goose”. Similar to Goldeneye ducks, mergansers usually nest in natural tree cavities.
Common Mergansers are sometimes called sawbills, fish ducks, or goosanders. The word “merganser” comes from the Latin and translates to “plunging goose”. Similar to Goldeneye ducks, mergansers usually nest in natural tree cavities.
The male Common Goldeneye performs a complex courtship display during winter and early spring. These diving ducks eat mostly aquatic invertebrates and fish and females nest in tree cavities.
The male Common Goldeneye performs a complex courtship display during winter and early spring. These diving ducks eat mostly aquatic invertebrates and fish and females nest in tree cavities.
Sea Lamprey at the Hammond Bay Biological Statioin in Millersburg, MI
Sea Lamprey at the Hammond Bay Biological Statioin in Millersburg, MI
Radio-collared female Carolina Northern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus coloratus) in a high elevation red spruce (Picea rubens) stand on Whitetop Mountain, VA during winter of 2014.
Radio-collared female Carolina Northern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus coloratus) in a high elevation red spruce (Picea rubens) stand on Whitetop Mountain, VA during winter of 2014.
Radio-collared female Carolina Northern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus coloratus) in a high elevation red spruce (Picea rubens) stand on Whitetop Mountain, VA during winter of 2014.
Radio-collared female Carolina Northern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus coloratus) in a high elevation red spruce (Picea rubens) stand on Whitetop Mountain, VA during winter of 2014.
Sanderling (Calidris alba) walking on sand, seen during field work in Iceland in 2014.
Sanderling (Calidris alba) walking on sand, seen during field work in Iceland in 2014.