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Assessing Community Vulnerability to Flood Hazard in the U.S. Virgin ...
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The U.S. Virgin Islands are home to some of our nation’s most disadvantaged and underserved populations in harm’s way. As climate change continues, it ...
Benthic Habitat Mapping in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands for ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/benthic-habitat-mapping-puerto-rico-virgin-islands/
In the U.S. Virgin Islands, we mapped 300 km 2 of coral reef and hard bottom, 161 km 2 of submerged vegetation, 24 km 2 of unconsolidated sediment ...
NCCOS | Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands - National Oceanic and ...
products.coastalscience.noaa.gov/collections/benthic/e95usvi_pr/
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 PROJECT - NCCOS Coastal Science Website
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/habitat-mapping-us-virgin-islands/
We developed benthic habitat maps for shallow-water (< 40 meters) areas in and around Fish Bay, Coral Bay, and the St. Thomas East End Reserve in the ...
Buck Island Reef National Monument, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
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We developed benthic habitat maps for the Buck Island Reef National Monument, north of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The bathymetry (depth) ...
NCCOS PROJECT - NCCOS Coastal Science Website
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/understanding-the-impact-of-sea-level-rise-on-coral-reef-and-mangrove-interactions-and-the-resulting-coastal-flooding-hazards-to-inform-nature-based-features/
This project will use existing models to assess the vulnerability and potential nature-based solutions (NBS) approaches for two locations in the U.S. ...
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 ...
Are Marine Protected Areas Working in the U.S. Virgin Islands?
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Managers of U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) marine resources implemented Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) of various types (seasonal closures and no-take ...
U.S. Virgin Islands Coral Reef Resilience Prioritization
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We are identifying coral reefs and underwater habitats in the U.S. Virgin Islands that have high resilience properties and potential to withstand ...
NCCOS PROJECT - NCCOS Coastal Science Website
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/caribbean-hotspot-biodiversity-salt-river-bay/
The National Park Service Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve (SARI) in the U.S. Virgin Islands was created in 1992 to ...
An integrated environmental assessment of the St. Thomas East End ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/an-integrated-environmental-assessment-of-the-st-thomas-east-end-reserves-steer/
The St. Thomas East End Reserves, or STEER, is a collection of Marine Reserves and Wildlife Sanctuaries (MRWS) located on the southeastern end of the ...
Coral reef ecosystems of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands: Spatial and ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/coral-reef-ecosystems-of-st-john-u-s-virgin-islands-spatial-and-temporal-patterns-in-fish-and-benthic-communities-2001-2009/
This technical memorandum contains analysis of nine years of data (2001-2009) from in situ fish belt transect and benthic habitat quadrat surveys ...
Seafloor Characterization of the U.S. Caribbean - NCCOS
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Since 2004, we have been conducting seafloor mapping of the U.S. Caribbean, to fill critical informational gaps to support improved management ...
Baseline Environmental Assessment off St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands to ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/environmental-assessment-virgin-islands-effectiveness-watershed-restoration/
This overall restoration and assessment effort involves a consortium of federal (NOAA), territorial (USVI Department of Planning and Natural ...
Prioritizing Sites for Coral Reef Conservation in the U.S. Virgin Islands
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With the U.S. Virgin Islands Coral Reef Prioritization Digital Atlas, this project provides, for the first time, a comprehensive and quantitative tool ...
Assessment of Chemical Contaminants in Sediments from the Salt River ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/assessment-of-chemical-contaminants-in-sediments-from-the-salt-river-bay-national-historical-park-and-ecological-preserve-sari-st-croix-usvi/
At the request of the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) Department of Planning and Natural Resources and the U.S. National Park Service, NCCOS conducted an ...
Mangrove Function as Nursery Habitat for Fish in Salt River Bay ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/mangrove-function-as-nursery-habitat-for-fish-in-salt-river-bay-national-historical-park-and-ecological-preserve/
We partnered with the National Park Service and the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources to assess the juvenile fish ...
Seasonal Differences in Gambierdiscus Abundance, Toxicity Have ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/asynchrony-of-gambierdiscus-cell-abundance-and-toxicity-in-the-us-virgin-islands-implications-for-monitoring-and-prediction-of-ciguatera/
The study documents findings from a three-year monthly time series of Gambierdiscus spp. abundance and ciguatoxin toxicity in benthic samples ...
Fish movement patterns in Virgin Islands National Park, Virgin Islands ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/fish-movement-patterns-virgin-islands-national-park-virgin-islands-coral-reef-national-monument-adjacent-waters/
NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)-Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment’s (CCMA) Biogeography Branch, National Park ...
Coral Assessment and Restoration Results Released for U.S. Caribbean ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/coral-assessment-and-restoration-results-released-for-u-s-caribbean-after-2017-hurricanes/
Hurricane Irma made landfall in the British Virgin Islands, just east of the USVI, on September 6 with 155 knots/hour* category 5 hurricane. Hurricane ...