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Environmental Atlas of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin

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Restoration
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Basin Geology
Biological Resources You are at the Biological Resources section of the Environmental Atlas of Lake Pontchartrain
Environmental Issues
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Biological Resources: Habitat Inventory | Estuarine Living Marine Resources | Essential Fisheries Habitat | Submersed Aquatic Vegetation

Biological Resources - Estuarine Living Marine Resources (ELMR)

Contributor: Frierson
Image showing location of Breton Sound.

Image showing location of ELMR.

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Common throughout non-riverine waterbodies: oysters/clams (43), marine fish (B).

Common along Breton Sound: diving birds (1, 5, 8, 179), diving birds(118, 173).

Common throughout wetlands: alligators (3), wading birds (C), raptors (76, 77, 107, 182), waterfowl (E), shorebirds (D), coastal mammals (8, 37, 38, 43, 44), shrimp/crayfish (50, 51), crabs(49).

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