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Title: GCC BSC Set Block Net

Description: 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 in 1935. 

Location: Everglades National Park, FL, USA

Photographer: Carole McIvor , U.S. Geological Survey

Usage: This image is public domain/of free use unless otherwise stated. Please refer to the USGS Copyright section for how to credit the photo.

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Tags: 2010EmployeePhotoContest caroleMcIvor evergladesNationalPark fishSampling globalChange habitatConversion hurricaneLandfall mangroves tidalWetlands