USGS Multimedia Gallery Collection for: Biology

http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/logos/usgs_only.jpg USGS Multimedia Gallery Collection for: Biology http://gallery.usgs.gov/ en-us OC_Web@usgs.gov (Office of Communications Web Group) http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/USGS.gif USGS http://gallery.usgs.gov/ <![CDATA[Centrarchid]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_31_2013_f30Meq5DCw_05_31_2013_0 Two Centrarchid larvae sampled in the Missouri River near Plattsmouth.

]]> <![CDATA[Catostomid&Centrarchid]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_31_2013_f30Meq5DCw_05_31_2013_1 Two Centrarchid larvae and one Catostomid larvae sampled in the Missouri River near Plattsmouth.

]]> <![CDATA[Hiodontid&Catostomid]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_31_2013_f30Meq5DCw_05_31_2013_2 Three Hiodontid eggs, one Hiodontid larvae, and one Catostomid larvae sampled in the Missouri River near Plattsmouth.

]]> <![CDATA[Cranberry Chute]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_22_2013_uy5Csg1RRm_05_22_2013_0 The Cranberry Bend Chute on the Missouri River.

]]> <![CDATA[ROC Sampling Deep Sea Urchin ]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_22_2013_qULx50Bnn3_05_22_2013_0 Methane gas bubbles rise from the seafloor � this type of activity, originally noticed by NOAA Ship in 2012 on a multibeam sonar survey, is what led scientists to the area. Images courtesy Deepwater Canyons 2013 - Pathways to the Abyss expedition, NOAA-OER/BOEM/USGS.

]]> <![CDATA[Deep Sea Crab on Mussels a Mile Below Atlantic Ocean]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_22_2013_qULx50Bnn3_05_22_2013_1 A lithodid crab seen on a bed of deep sea mussels living near a gas seep 1,600 meters below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean. Images courtesy Deepwater Canyons 2013 - Pathways to the Abyss expedition, NOAA-OER/BOEM/USGS.

]]> <![CDATA[Deep Sea Rockling Fish Among Mussels]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_22_2013_qULx50Bnn3_05_22_2013_2 A species of rockling (Family Lotidae), related to hakes and cods, rests among the mussels. Images courtesy Deepwater Canyons 2013 - Pathways to the Abyss expedition, NOAA-OER/BOEM/USGS.

]]> <![CDATA[ROC Sampling Deep Sea Urchin ]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_22_2013_qULx50Bnn3_05_22_2013_3 Images of the remotely operated vehicle Jason2 sampling a sea urchin in a deep sea mussel community found near a gas seep on the U.S. outer continental shelf. Images courtesy Deepwater Canyons 2013 - Pathways to the Abyss expedition, NOAA-OER/BOEM/USGS.

]]> <![CDATA[Pacific Herring larvae]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_21_2013_j41Qhu6GGb_05_21_2013_0 Herring larvae 15 days post-hatch. Food in the gut appears orange.

]]> <![CDATA[Pacific Herring Larvae]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_21_2013_j41Qhu6GGb_05_21_2013_1 Herring larvae 53 day post-hatch. Black pigmentation is evident.

]]> <![CDATA[Pacific Herring Eggs on Macrophytes]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_21_2013_j41Qhu6GGb_05_21_2013_2 Naturally-deposited herring eggs attached to submerged macrophytes. Coiled embryos are evident inside the eggs.

]]> <![CDATA[Pacific Herring School]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_21_2013_j41Qhu6GGb_05_21_2013_3 Currently four age classes (0, 1, 2, and 4 year olds) of SPF herring are maintained at the Marrowstone Marine Field Station.

]]> <![CDATA[Pacific Herring Spawning Event]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_21_2013_j41Qhu6GGb_05_21_2013_4 Small herring spawning event in Puget Sound, evidenced by the presence of 'white water', caused by mass release of spawning products into the water.

]]> <![CDATA[Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys Raviventris)]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_17_2013_mQHt3XWjj1_05_17_2013_2 San Francisco Bay — which has already lost the majority of its marsh habitat since the 19th Century — could lose even more marshes by the year 2100 due to sea level rise, according to a new USGS report. Animations, graphs and data from the USGS Open File Report 2013-1081 and the USGS project "Modeling Sea-Level Rise in San Francisco Bay Estuary" can be found online.

This photo is of the salt marsh harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris), an endangered species dependent on San Francisco Bay marshes.

]]> <![CDATA[Three-lined Salamander]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_14_2013_im1Pgt6FFa_05_14_2013_0 A three-lined salamander (Eurycea guttolineata) discovered in Prince William Forest Park, VA.

]]> <![CDATA[California Red-legged Frog]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_14_2013_im1Pgt6FFa_05_14_2013_1 California red-legged frog (Rana draytonii) surfaces in a pond in Point Reyes National Seashore, CA.

]]> <![CDATA[Western Spadefoot Toad]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_14_2013_im1Pgt6FFa_05_14_2013_2 A western spadefoot toad (Spea hammondii) found near Badger Canyon, CA.

]]> <![CDATA[St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_14_2013_im1Pgt6FFa_05_14_2013_3 An ARMI amphibian monitoring site at St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Wakulla County, Florida.

]]> <![CDATA[WRP Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_10_2013_x16Fwj3VUp_05_10_2013_0 Wetlands Reserve Program site in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Ten years ago, this landowner worked with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service through the Wetlands Reserve Program to design and construct this slough as part of a plan to restore this field’s natural wetland hydrology.

]]> <![CDATA[WRP Morehouse Parish, Louisiana ]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_10_2013_x16Fwj3VUp_05_10_2013_1 Wetlands Reserve Program site in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana. Green tree frogs rest on a Wetlands Reserve Program easement boundary sign in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana.

]]> <![CDATA[WRP Sabine Parish, Louisiana]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_10_2013_x16Fwj3VUp_05_10_2013_2 Wetlands Reserve Program site in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. Landowner restored his often-flooded cattle pasture to its natural wetland state by creating shallow water areas, establishing food plots and pollinator plots, and installing wood duck nesting boxes.

]]> <![CDATA[WRP St. Landry Parish, Louisiana ]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_10_2013_x16Fwj3VUp_05_10_2013_3 Wetlands Reserve Program site in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Changes in a local river resulted in the landowner’s fields flooding on a regular basis. The landowner worked through the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service to restore his fields to their natural wetland state.

]]> <![CDATA[Dahomey National Wildlife Refuge]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_08_2013_sXOa61Dqp3_05_08_2013_0 This picture, taken June 6, 2008 at Dahomey National Wildlife Refuge near Benoit, MS, shows a shallow pond in a former agricultural area planted with hardwood tree species typical of restoration areas in the Mississippi Delta region of northwestern Mississippi. The taller trees in the background are a remnant tract of the original bottomland hardwood forest once dominant throughout the lower Mississippi Valley floodplain.

]]> <![CDATA[Black-Bellied Salamander]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_07_2013_ae7Hxl3WWr_05_07_2013_0 This black-bellied salamander (Desmognathus quadramaculatus) was found in the Citico Creek Wilderness, Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee.

]]> <![CDATA[Green Tree Frog]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_07_2013_ae7Hxl3WWr_05_07_2013_1 This green tree frog (Hyla cinerea) sits on the lip of a pitcher plant in a bog in Alabama. The frog was down in the pitcher plant, but moved up to rest on its edge as the photographer approached.

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