Search

Showing results for

Content type

Topics

Tags

A juvenile lionfish during a night dive in Roatan, Honduras.
Photo

Invading the Atlantic

View Image
Lionfish on the on the Thistlegorm wreck in the Red Sea, Egypt.
Photo

Lionfish in a Whirl

View Image
Photo

El pez león invasor

View Image
Lionfish are referred to as turkeyfish because, depending on how you view them, their spines can resemble the plumage of a turkey.
Photo

The Invasive Lionfish

View Image
Diagram showing gills on a crab absorbing nutrients
Photo

Crab Gills Absorb Nutrients

View Image
Lacy Crust Bryozoans
Photo

Lacy Crust Bryozoan

View Image
Biofilm (microbial life that clings to underwater painted surfaces and is generally found covering the bottom of ships) is collected from the hull of a cargo ship with a funnel and syringe.
Photo

Sampling Biofilm

View Image
Laurie takes a break collecting invasive species to snap a "selfie" while under the hull of a cargo ship.
Photo

Laurie Underwater Selfie

View Image
Large organisms, like these tunicates, live inside the recesses of a ship's hull while microscopic organisms form a film across all the painted surfaces on the boat.
Photo

Tunicates On Hull of Boat

View Image
A photo of zebra mussels clinging together, the mollusks have successfully invaded brackish and freshwater areas across North America.
Photo

Zebra Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha)

View Image
A photo of a sea walnut, a ctenophore.
Photo

Sea Walnut (Mnemiopsis leidyi)

View Image
A close-up photo of Killer Algae, Caulerpa taxifolia, a seaweed that has proven to be a successful invasive species.
Photo

Killer Algae (Caulerpa taxifolia)

View Image