St. Johns River A. Quinton White, Jr., Ph.D. Executive Director Professor of Biology and Marine Science.

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St. Johns River A. Quinton White, Jr., Ph.D. Executive Director Professor of Biology and Marine Science

St. Johns River

Water Elevations at Selected SJR Gauging Stations (1/ /2008)

William Bartram’s Alligators 1773 or 74

St. Johns River- slow and steady

St. Johns River- very riverine

St. Johns River- spring-fed

St. Johns River- Lake George

1864

Jacksonville Downtown JAX

Algae JU JU dock_08/2005

Algae JU JU dock_08/2005

LSJR east bank Buckman Buckman_East bank approach 08/2005

Lake George- April 2009

Panama Canal

Post-Panamax Shipping

Central Florida’s Never-Ending Thirst Threatens the St. Johns River

How Much is Too Much?- Proposed Water Withdrawal Sites

The St. Johns Just Upstream of a Proposed Withdrawal

1918

Estuaries

Hydrology of Estuaries

Salt Marsh Cross Section

Animals of the Estuaries

Shrimp Edible Shrimp

Other Shrimp

Oysters- Crassostrea virginica

Birds

Fiddler Crabs

Manatees

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