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Seagrass species come in many different shapes and sizes, as illustrated by this conceptual diagram of some common seagrass species.
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Seagrass Diversity

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The Mesoamerican Reef extends over 600 miles (1000 km) through the waters of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and Honduras and includes the Western Hemisphere’s longest barrier reef.
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Mesoamerican Reef Regional Map

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Blue mussels use byssus threads (which you can see on the right, in front of the barnacle shell) to attach to rocks and sometimes to stop a predator from making them a meal.
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Byssus Threads on a Blue Mussel

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"Pirate fishing vessel converted to a home in Lembeh Strait off North Sulawesi, Indonesia," wrote Claire Fackler of her winning image.
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Converted Pirate Fishing Vessel

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Trash Detective and microbial ecologist Peter Davison and crew haul in the Oozeki net, used to collect fish and other organisms living between 650 and 2,600 feet, at sunrise. Operations aboard the SEAPLEX cruise happened 24 hours a day around the clock.
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Oozeki Net

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Trash Detective and marine ecologist Chelsea Rochman cruises through the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, net in hand, scooping up plastic, fouling communities and more.
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Trash Detectives at Work

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A comic from illustrator Karen Romano Young.
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Antarctic Log 2.2

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A coral head in the Mesoamerican Reef has both bleached and living coral. The white sections are bleached and the brown parts still contain zooxanthellae, the symbiotic algae that provide food to their coral hosts.
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Bleached Coral On Mesoamerican Reef

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An opah at the Honolulu Fish Auction with a printed label attached that includes an ID number, bar code, the date, the receiver's ID number, the cart number, species name, vessel name, and weight of the fish.
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Opah With a Story

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Trout cages in 30 feet of water.
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Feeding IMTA Trout

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One of ten robots that examined an area of 800 cubic kilometers in northern Monterey Bay, over the course of 24 days, in 2006.
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Slocum Glider

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Tiny organisms found on ARMS
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Hidden Diversity

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