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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 ...
NCCOS | Benthic Habitat Mapping - National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
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Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands for a Baseline Inventory; Seafloor Characterization of the U.S. Caribbean; Shallow-water Benthic Habitat ...
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 | 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 ...
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/
To efficiently allocate limited mapping resources, the program needs to prioritize which coral areas get mapped. To meet this need in Puerto Rico and ...
[PDF] Methods Used to Map the Benthic Habitats of Puerto Rico and the U.S ...
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aerial photographs for the nearshore waters of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands in 1999. These images were used to create maps of the region’s ...
Accurate Seafloor Maps for Puerto Rico's NE Grand Reserve
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Final map products will provide managers from Puerto Rico’s Department of Natural and Environmental Resources with information on the extent, health ...
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 ...
2019 Puerto Rico Coral Reef Monitoring Data Now Available
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In support of the National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP), NCCOS helps assess the status of U.S. coral reef resources.Puerto Rico fish and ...
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 ...
An Ecological Characterization of the Marine Resources of Vieques ...
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From 1941 to 2003, the U.S. Navy conducted live bombing exercises on the eastern side of the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico. As the Navy phased out ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Social-ecological System of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
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A new study describes the social-ecological system of La Parguera, Puerto Rico, and identifies the different pressures that have changed this system ...
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 ...
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 ...
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
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The narrow insular shelf off Ponce, Puerto Rico’s second most populated municipality, makes deep-water dredge disposal for the commercial port and ...