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Benthic Habitat Mapping in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands for ...
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We mapped benthic features that covered an area of 1600 km 2 in Puerto Rico and 490 m 2 in the U.S. Virgin Islands. In Puerto Rico, we mapped 721 km 2 ...
Marine Spatial Planning Data Development: U.S. Caribbean
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NCCOS and NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service hosted workshops with stakeholders in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to identify spatial ...
NCCOS | Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands - National Oceanic and ...
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We conducted benthic habitat mapping of shallow-water coral reef areas off Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to inventory the coral reefs and ...
New Study Shows Elevated Sediment Pollution Levels in Guánica Bay ...
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A new study from the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) reports recent sediment samples from Guánica Bay, Puerto Rico contained some ...
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 ...
NCCOS | Southwest Puerto Rico - National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
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We mapped the shallow-water benthic habitats of two areas off southwest Puerto Rico. This effort improves on previous NOAA benthic habitat maps by ...
[PDF] Microsoft Word - manual.doc - National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
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The La Parguera, Puerto Rico area was chosen for additional evaluation of thematic accuracy. The variety of water conditions and habitat types at this ...
Shallow-water Benthic Habitat Mapping of Northeast Puerto Rico and ...
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The shallow-water coral reef ecosystems in the surrounding waters off northeast Puerto Rico and Culebra Island are unique and valuable natural ...
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Puerto Rico
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Overview > Long-term Monitoring > National Coral Reef Monitoring Program > Puerto Rico
Report Details Agency Priorities for Mapping Coral Reef Ecosystems in U ...
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To meet this need in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI), NCCOS developed a systematic, quantitative approach to gather seafloor mapping ...
Report: A Baseline Assessment of the Ecological Resources of Jobos Bay ...
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Report: A Baseline Assessment of the Ecological Resources of Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico Published on: 08/05/2011 Science Area(s):Stressor Impacts and ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Accurate Seafloor Maps for Puerto Rico's NE Grand Reserve
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/nccos-develops-accurate-seafloor-maps-puerto-ricos-northeast-grand-reserve/
NCCOS collected marine habitat data in Puerto Rico's Northeast Grand Reserve to validate a draft seafloor map of this land and marine protected area.
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 ...
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 ...
Coastal Development Impacts Puerto Rico’s Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems
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NCCOS-supported research recently published in Coral Reefs suggests coastal development negatively impacts mesophotic coral ecosystems, which were ...