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		<title>USGS Multimedia Gallery for tag: aquatic</title>

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				<title><![CDATA[The marsh of Water Conservation Area 3 as seen looking north of I-75 
(Alligator Alley). Spatterdock are seen in the foreground.]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_uYPc6GFrr4_06_17_2009_0</link>
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				<title><![CDATA[Flooded marshes of Water Conservation Area 3 (WCA-3), seen north of I-75 
(Alligator Alley).]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_uYPc6GFrr4_06_17_2009_1</link>
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				<title><![CDATA[A large flock of birds, mostly egrets, resting and flying along a canal on Highway 
833 (a short drive north off of I-75 (Alligator Alley)).]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_uYPc6GFrr4_06_17_2009_2</link>
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				<title><![CDATA[Fiddler crab burrows abound in and around the intricate red mangrove root 
system submerged in the muddy tidal flats at West Lake Park.]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_11_2009_osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009_1</link>
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				<title><![CDATA[Young red mangrove trees grow among the prop roots of mature red mangroves 
at West Lake Park.]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_11_2009_osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009_2</link>
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				<title><![CDATA[A red mangrove and its intricate aerial root system in west lake waters.]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_11_2009_osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009_4</link>
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				<title><![CDATA[A tangle of red mangroves and their roots at low tide in West Lake Park.]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_11_2009_osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009_5</link>
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				<title><![CDATA[Mangroves bordering the West Lake mud flats exposed by low tide.]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_11_2009_osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009_6</link>
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				<title><![CDATA[Leaf detail of red mangrove at West Lake Park.]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_11_2009_osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009_8</link>
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				<title><![CDATA[Low tide in the mangrove forest of West Lake Park.]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_11_2009_osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009_10</link>
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				<title><![CDATA[Looking down from the Anne Kolb Nature Center's five-story observation tower 
at an extensive mangrove canopy and West Lake.]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_11_2009_osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009_11</link>
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				<title><![CDATA[Freshwater swamp covered with the aquatic plants duckweed and water 
spangles, at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_2</link>
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				<title><![CDATA[Looking southwest across the pickerelweed and waters of impoundment #7 at 
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_10</link>
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				<title><![CDATA[A close-up of cattails found within the predominately cattail marsh of 
impoundment #8 at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_14</link>
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				<title><![CDATA[Long heart-shaped leaves and a few violet-blue flowers of the pickerelweed 
extend above the swamp waters at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_16</link>
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				<title><![CDATA[Close-up of the small aquatic plants that cover some of the swamp waters at 
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_17</link>
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				<title><![CDATA[Looking south, pickerelweed almost completely fills impoundment #7 at 
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_25</link>
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				<title><![CDATA[Looking south, cattails and pickerelweed within impoundment #7 at 
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_27</link>
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				<title><![CDATA[Turtles swimming among the periphyton in the canal between impoundment #7 
and #2b at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_28</link>
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				<title><![CDATA[Looking west, a water level gauge amid budding spatterdock with impoundment 
#2b at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_29</link>
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				<title><![CDATA[Looking west across the mixed vegetation and waters of impoundment #7 at 
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_34</link>
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				<title><![CDATA[Buttressed bases and protruding &#034;knees" of cypress trees seen within the 
ponded waters of Fern Forest.]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_05_2009_x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009_4</link>
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				<title><![CDATA[Lilies, ferns and pickerelweed in the understory of Fern Forest.]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_05_2009_x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009_5</link>
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				<title><![CDATA[Looking down from the boardwalk at Fern Forest, at ferns and lilies growing in 
the ponded waters.]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_05_2009_x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009_12</link>
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				<title><![CDATA[Cypress trees and other vegetation seen within the ponded waters of Fern 
Forest.]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_05_2009_x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009_13</link>
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