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South Florida Aquatic Environments – Florida Museum

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/southflorida/

The goal of South Florida Aquatic Environments is to increase public awareness and understanding of three imperiled south Florida ecosystems – the Everglades, Florida Bay, and Florida Keys. Human impacts and conservation issues, as well as the role of museum collections in providing a historical ta
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Geographical Distribution – South Florida Aquatic Environments

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/southflorida/habitats/mangroves/geographical-distribution/

Worldwide There are approximately 40 species of mangroves distributed worldwide. Forty species of mangroves dominate approximately 75% of the world’s tropical coastlines between 25° N and 25° S. In certain locations, this range extends beyond these limits due to the movement of unusually warm wate
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Threats to Florida Bay – South Florida Aquatic Environments

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/southflorida/regions/florida-bay/threats/

Water Control Freshwater flow has been greatly reduced from the Everglades resulting in higher salinity levels. Deterioration of biological communities of Florida Bay has been due to decrease of water quality. It is believed to result from alteration and diversion of water flow within the Everglad
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Happy Birthday to Us! – Invertebrate Zoology

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/iz/2018/01/23/happy-birthday-to-us/

The museum turned 100 last year, and to celebrate we had a special exhibit containing a sampling of some of the most exciting material from all our ranges.  Little did we suspect that recent Homo sapiens would also be prominently displayed. All the ranges took turns being on exhibit, and
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Rewind: Hawaii Bioblitz 2017 – Invertebrate Zoology

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/iz/2020/05/26/rewind-hawaii-bioblitz-2017/

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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Florida Keys – South Florida Aquatic Environments

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/southflorida/regions/keys/

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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Importance of Seagrasses – South Florida Aquatic Environments

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/southflorida/habitats/seagrasses/importance/

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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Conservation of Florida Bay – South Florida Aquatic Environments

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/southflorida/regions/florida-bay/conservation/

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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