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Baseline Moth Community Assessment

This survey helps to create a baseline for future research endeavors in the Grand Bay NERR/NWR vicinity associated with moths. Currently, a transect is walked three to four mornings a week beneath external building lights at the Grand Bay Coastal Resources Center.

Atmospheric Mercury Monitoring

Together, both stations help to measure the amount of mercury that is coming out of the atmosphere and getting into the water.

Sargassum Fish (Histrio histrio)

The sargassum fish is a small ambush predator (growing only to 20 cm in length) that gets its common name from the habitat in which it lives – sargassum algae beds that float on the ocean’s surface.  The sargassum fish is generally found in tropical and subtropical areas of the [...]

Clapper Rail Nest

Clapper Rails (Rallus longirostris) nest in salt marshes along the Gulf coast.  This particular nest was found in a thick patch of Juncus roemerianus (black needle rush).

Cleistes bifaria (small spreading pogonia orchid)

Cleistes bifaria grow in open pine flatwoods, shaded praries, and seepy meadows and typically flower from April to May.