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Description:
Title:
A baseline assessment of the ecological resources of Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico
Alternate Title:
Assessment of the ecological resources of Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico
Author(s):
Whitall, David R.
Costa, Bryan M.
Bauer, Laurie J.
Dieppa, Angel
Hile, Sarah
United States, National Ocean Service
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (U.S.)
United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.)
Corporate Name:
United States, National Ocean Service
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (U.S.)
United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.)
Dates of Publication:
2011
Abstract:
This report is organized into six chapters that represent a suite of interrelated studies. Chapter 1 provides a short introduction to Jobos Bay, including the land use and hydrology of the watershed. Chapter 2 is focused on benthic mapping and provides the methods and results of newly created benthic maps for Jobos Bay and the surrounding coral reef ecosystem. Chapter 3 presents the results of new surveys of fish, marine debris, and reef communities of the system. Chapter 4 is focused on the distribution of chemical contaminants in sediments within the Bay and corals outside of the Bay. Chapter 5 focuses on quantifying nutrient and pesticide concentrations in the surface waters at the Reserve's System-Wide Monitoring Program (SWMP) sites. Chapter 6 is a brief summary discussion that highlights key findings of the entire suite of studies"--Executive summary.
Keywords:
Benthos
Conservation
Coral reef conservation
Coral reefs and islands
Habitat
Habitat (Ecology)
Management
Marine resources
Research
Watershed restoration
Place Keywords:
Puerto Rico
Jobos Bay
Local Corporate Name:
NOS (National Ocean Service)
NCCOS (National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science)
CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
Type of Resource:
Technical Memorandum
Genre:
NOAA technical memorandum NOS NCCOS ; 133
Note:
This report is organized into six chapters that represent a suite of interrelated studies. Chapter 1 provides a short introduction to Jobos Bay, including the land use and hydrology of the watershed. Chapter 2 is focused on benthic mapping and provides the methods and results of newly created benthic maps for Jobos Bay and the surrounding coral reef ecosystem. Chapter 3 presents the results of new surveys of fish, marine debris, and reef communities of the system. Chapter 4 is focused on the distribution of chemical contaminants in sediments within the Bay and corals outside of the Bay. Chapter 5 focuses on quantifying nutrient and pesticide concentrations in the surface waters at the Reserve's System-Wide Monitoring Program (SWMP) sites. Chapter 6 is a brief summary discussion that highlights key findings of the entire suite of studies"--Executive summary.
2011
NOS (National Ocean Service)
NCCOS (National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science)
CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
Library
Public Domain
1936
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