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BioBlitz Dive
Photograph by Raul Touzon, National Geographic Photo Camp/BioBlitz 2010
April 30, 2010—Hundreds of scientists, naturalists, community leaders, schoolchildren, and volunteers are participating in a 24-hour race to discover and record species living in South Florida's Biscayne National Park. As one of the first marine-based BioBlitzes, some inventory teams will be land-based and others will require wading and snorkeling.
Here, National Geographic Photo Camp student Andrea Santamaria from South Dade Senior High School dives down to a reef in Biscayne Bay.
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Shuttle Buses
Photograph by Tim Greenleaf
Buses wait to shuttle students early in the morning at the Biscayne BioBlitz.
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BioBlitz Boat
Photograph by Tim Greenleaf
One of the first boats sets out for Elliot Key, where BioBlitz teams will continue counting species.
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Birding Walk
Photograph by Thomas M. Strom
Brian Rapoza from the Tropical Audubon Society leads students from the Miami Terra School in an early morning birding walk.
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Boat to Elliot Key
Photograph by Tim Greenleaf
Inventory teams head out to Elliot Key to look for fish, plants, invertebrates, mammals, microbes, fungi, and more.
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Sea Star
Photograph by Thomas M. Strom
A student holds a sea star discovered during the marine invertebrates walk.
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Snorkel Boat
Photograph by John Francis
Students and BioBlitz volunteers wait to board a boat at the 2010 Biscayne BioBlitz.
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Algae Sample
Photograph by Tim Greenleaf
A member of the Collado-Vides team shows students an algae sample found in the shallow waters adjacent to the mangroves of Biscayne Bay.
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