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Graduate student Paige Kleindl collects mangrove leaf litter that has fallen into a collection plot at FCE-LTER site SRS-4.

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Spiderweb catching the sun’s morning rays at FCE-LTER site SRS-4. The silken strands refract the light into a kaleidoscope of color.

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Spiny orbweaver spider (Gasteracantha cancriformis) suspended in the air at FCE-LTER site SRS-4.

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Long-jawed orbweaver spider (cf. Leucauge mariana) with the sun shining through its body, suspended in its web in the mangrove forest at FCE-LTER site SRS-6.

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Map of the Everglades, with a red line showing path traveled for the field day.

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Alli Zahorec collecting data on prairie plants at the LTER MCSE

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A fuelbreak in the black spruce forests. Fuelbreaks are great at preventing fires from spreading, but removing trees has serious ecological implications.