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Benthic Habitat Mapping in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands for ...
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In Puerto Rico, we mapped 721 km 2 of submerged vegetation, 756 km 2 of coral reef and colonized hardbottom, 49 m 2 of unconsolidated sediment, and 73 ...
NCCOS | Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands - National Oceanic and ...
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Below are printable maps of benthic habitats for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The maps are divided into three indices: Puerto Rico, St ...
Shallow-water Benthic Habitat Mapping of Northeast Puerto Rico and ...
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We developed a map of benthic habitat types, including live coral cover present off northeast Puerto Rico and Culebra Island, a region selected by ...
NCCOS | Southwest Puerto Rico - National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
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This project began in January 2010 and was completed in December 2012. We mapped the shallow-water benthic habitats of two areas off southwest Puerto ...
New Study Shows Elevated Sediment Pollution Levels in Guánica Bay ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/new-study-shows-elevated-sediment-pollution-levels-in-guanica-bay-puerto-rico/
A new study from the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) reports recent sediment samples from Guánica Bay, Puerto Rico contained some ...
NCCOS | Biogeography Aerial Viewer - National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
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This page provides access to digital photos (1999 and older) from Hawaii, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico First, choose your region of interest ...
Baseline Assessment of Guanica Bay, Puerto Rico in Support of Watershed ...
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We completed a baseline assessment of the environmental conditions in Guanica Bay, Puerto Rico, to help coastal managers identify the most appropriate ...
Report Details Agency Priorities for Mapping Coral Reef Ecosystems in U ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/new-report-details-agency-priorities-for-mapping-coral-reef-ecosystems-in-puerto-rico-and-the-u-s-virgin-islands/
NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program uses seafloor mapping data to support a variety of coral reef management decisions. To efficiently allocate ...
New Maps Offer Updated Perspective of Southwest Puerto Rico Watersheds
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The maps will support ongoing management of Puerto Rico’s Marine Protected Areas and priority watersheds. The maps and data mark an improvement over ...
Coral reef ecosystems of Reserva Natural La Parguera (Puerto Rico ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/coral-reef-ecosystems-of-reserva-natural-la-parguera-puerto-rico-spatial-and-temporal-patterns-in-fish-and-benthic-communities-2001-2007/
The report provides a spatial and temporal characterization of the fish and benthic communities of southwestern Puerto Rico, primarily within the La ...
Report: A Baseline Assessment of the Ecological Resources of Jobos Bay ...
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Region(s) of Study: Puerto Rico, U.S. States and Territories This baseline assessment of Jobos Bay and surrounding marine ecosystems consists of a two ...
Researchers Estimate Flood Protection Benefits of Coral Reefs in ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/determining-the-flood-protection-benefits-of-coral-reefs-in-florida-and-puerto-rico/
USGS and UCSC used the results of these surveys to quantify the increased flood risk to people and property in Florida and Puerto Rico as a result of ...
How do people in Puerto Rico use and perceive coral reef resources ...
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How do people in Puerto Rico use and perceive coral reef resources? NOAA’s National Coral Reef Monitoring Program socioeconomic team (including NCCOS ...
Baseline Assessment of Contaminants and Ecological Resources in Jobos ...
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Jobos Bay is Puerto Rico’s second largest estuary and home of the Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. The Bay has a variety of important ...
Contaminants in Marine Resources of Vieques, Puerto Rico
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Vieques is an island municipality of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, located 11 km off the east coast of the main island. In addition to normal ...
Accurate Seafloor Maps for Puerto Rico's NE Grand Reserve
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/nccos-develops-accurate-seafloor-maps-puerto-ricos-northeast-grand-reserve/
Final map products will provide managers from Puerto Rico’s Department of Natural and Environmental Resources with information on the extent, health ...
Assessment of Hurricane Impacts to Coral Reefs in Florida and Puerto Rico
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In 2017, major hurricanes impacted coral reefs in both Florida and Puerto Rico. We quantified these impacts using diver-based surveys, and our ...
Conservation Opportunity: Demobilized Bombing Range, Island of Vieques ...
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Coastal development and overfishing degraded many of Puerto Rico’s spectacular marine resources. Although the bombing activities inevitably damaged ...
Ecology, Integrity and Status of Caribbean Mesophotic Coral Reefs
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We investigated Puerto Rico’s mesophotic coral ecosystems to better understand them and their relationship to shallower reefs. They are off the ...
Coastal Development Impacts Puerto Rico’s Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/considering-development-impacts-puerto-ricos-mesophotic-corals/
The narrow insular shelf off Ponce, Puerto Rico’s second most populated municipality, makes deep-water dredge disposal for the commercial port and ...