South Florida
ESTUARINE AND MARINE WATERS
ESTUARINE AND MARINE WATERS
American Alligator
courtesy U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Estuarine and Marine Waters:
Introduction
Native Flora
Native Fauna
Threatened and Endangered Species
Threatened and Endangered Species
Numerous threatened and endangered species reside in the estuarine and marine waters of the Everglades region
Threatened species
of marine and estuarine habitats:
American alligator
(
Alligator mississipiensis
)
loggerhead sea turtle
(
Caretta caretta caretta
)
piping plover (
Charadrius melodus
)
southern bald eagle
(
Haliaetus leucocephalus leucocephalus
)
Roseate tern (
Sterna dougailii
)
Loggerhead Sea Turtle
© Don Getty
Bald Eagle
© John White
Roseate Tern
courtesy U.S. Geological Survey
Endangered species
of marine and estuarine habitats:
American crocodile
(
Crocodylus acutus
)
green sea turtle
(
Chelonia mydas
)
Atlantic Ridley turtle (
Lepidochelys kempi
)
Atlantic hawksbill turtle
(
Eretmochelys imbricata
)
Atlantic leatherback turtle
(
Dermochelys coriacea
)
wood stork
(
Mycteria americana
)
Cape Sable seaside sparrow (
Ammodramus maritima mirabilis
)
West Indian manatee
(
Trichechus manatus
)
American Crocodile
© Gerald and Buff Corsi, California Academy of Sciences
Atlantic Ridley Turtle
© U.S. Geological Survey
Atlantic Hawksbill Turtle
© tools.coralreef.org
Atlantic Leatherback Turtle
© Chuck Savall
Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow
© U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
West Indian Manatee
© U.S. Geological Survey
