NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Grant Program: Puerto Rico

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Selected products for Puerto Rico generated through the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Grant Program are highlighted below. For a complete list of grant products available for Puerto Rico please search through the CoRIS Geoportal.

Monitoring Data Reports

• Puerto Rico Natural Reserves

  • Monitoring Report: 2017
  • Monitoring Report: 2016
  • Monitoring Report: 2012-2013

• Isla Desecheo, Isla de Mona, Rincón, Guánica, Ponce, Caja de Muerto and Mayagüez

  People, habitats, species, and governance: An assessment of the social-ecological system of La Parguera, Puerto Rico

  • Monitoring Report: 2010-2011
  • Monitoring Report: 2009-2010
  • Monitoring Report: 2008-2009
  • Monitoring Report: 2007-2008
  • Monitoring Report: 2006-2007
  • Monitoring Report: 2006
  • Monitoring Report: 2005

• Vieques

  • Baseline characterization of coral reef and seagrass communities from
    Isla de Vieques, Puerto Rico

Biophysical Science Reports

• Impact of the invasive sea vine Halophila stipulacea on native seagrasses, invertebrates and fish assemblages
• Assessing the impacts of the invasive seagrass, Halophila stipulacea, and two major hurricanes on the distribution of native seagrass communities of Culebra Island, Puerto Rico
• Resilience Assessment for PRCRMP's reef sites
• Coral Recruitment and Cartography of Reefs of Interest in the Canal Luis Peña Nature Reserve and the Arrecifes de la Cordillera Nature Reserve (Spanish)
• Seasonal Variability in Coral Immunity in the Florida Keys, the US Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico
• Sustaining Coral Reef Fisheries of Puerto Rico
• The ecology of the red algae Ramicrusta textilis, its dynamic with corals and the evaluation of possible management strategies to minimize its threat to coral reefs around Puerto Rico

Social and Socio-economic Science Reports

• Report on the Uses and Recreational Behaviors to the south of Cayo Icacos, Arrecifes de la Cordillera Nature Reserve (Spanish)
• Report on the Uses and Recreational Behaviors in Bahía Tamarindo of the Canal Luis Peña Nature Reserve, Culebra 2016-2017 (Spanish)
• The Cabo Rojo Project: Human use mapping and priority areas for conservation
• People, habitats, species, and governance: An assessment of the social-ecological system of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
• Informe final del proyecto monitoreo socio-economico en las areas protegidas marinas y costeras de Puerto Rico. Refugio de Vida Silvestre Iris L. Alameda Martínez en Boquerón, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico

Education & Outreach

• Quick Action Guide for Citizens: Environmental Complaints (Spanish)
• Curriculum for Tour Operators of the Arrecifes de la Cordillera Nature Reserve (Spanish)
• Curriculum for Tour Operators of the Canal Luis Peña Nature Reserve (Spanish)
• Outreach Report for NE Reserves 2016-2017
• "What is a Coral?" Brochure (Spanish)
• Herbivores of Puerto Rico (Spanish)
• Coral Reef Threats Brochure (Spanish)
• Proceedings of the First Puerto Rico Natural Protected Areas Congress (2012)
• Coral Assembly 2011. Puerto Rico, US and British Virgin Islands: Improving Regional Reef Management
  • Proceedings
  • Meeting Summary
• Coffee Pulp Composting Demonstration and Utilization
• Río Loco/Guánica Bay Watershed Educational Video
  • Educational video of watershed conservation practices
  • Educational video summary report
• Puerto Rico educational posters

Management Activities

• The Coral Reef Conservation and Management Program of the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources Coral Reef Management Priorities 2017-2022
• Revision of the Action Plan for Collaborative Management of the Canal Luis Peña Nature Reserve (Spanish)
• Revision of the Action Plan for Collaborative Management of the Arrecifes de la Cordillera Nature Reserve (Spanish)
• Department of Natural and Environmental Resources Ranger Corps
• Regional Benthic Habitat Maps for the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources Ranger Corps, 2018
• Boarding Protocol for Maritime Vessels and Intervention by the Ranger Corps - 2017 (Spanish)
• Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources Ranger Corps Strategic Plan
• Executive Summary: DNER Ranger Corps Strategic Plan
• Evaluation and analysis of the DNER Ranger Corps including strategic plan for DNER Ranger Corps 2015-2020
• Puerto Rico Coral Reef Regulations - 2016 (Spanish)
• Puerto Rico Climate Change Council summary report on involvement, outcomes and organizational structure
• A preliminary ecosystem based adaptation work plan for Puerto Rico: Opportunities for incorporating EbA into management
• Improved Reserve Management through Community Participation (PR)
• Update to the implementation of an integrated interpretative trail system in Cayo Icacos as a management strategy and an environmental education and interpretation initiative
• Seeding reefs with Diadema antillarum to enhance coral recovery in Puerto Rico
• Puerto Rico artificial reefs evaluation on the east coast
• Reporte de la evaluación de la efectividad de manejo de las áreas protegidas en Puerto Rico
• Local Action Strategy for Global Reef Conservation
  • Highlights of a 4-year partnership between The Nature Conservancy and the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program
  • Highlights of a 6-year partnership between The Nature Conservancy and the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program

Watershed Management Activities

• Cabo Rojo

  • Early action projects for the Cabo Rojo Priority Management Area
  • Developing a watershed action plan for Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico (Project Report)
  • Evaluacion ambiental medidas de control de erosion y escorrentias Refugio de Vida Silvestre de Boqueron Iris L. Alameda Martinez, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico

• Culebra

  • Reduction and control of sediment-laden runoff to coastal waters through the implementation of best management practices (BMP’s), coastal habitat rehabilitation and delimitation of public access at Culebra, Puerto Rico

• La Parguera

  • Addressing Stormwater Runoff Impacts to Coral Reefs in La Parguera, Puerto Rico

• Guánica Bay

• Removal of structures creating riverbank erosion in Rio Loco in Guanica, Puerto Rico. Project implementation and feasibility report
• Río Loco Structure 1 Removal (El Tren)
• Río Loco Structure 2 Removal (El Puente)
• Hydrodynamics of Guánica Bay, Puerto Rico

• Northeast Reserve

  • Río Fajardo Watershed Management Plan Project

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