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Description:
Title:
NOAA ARRA USVI Watershed Stabilization Project. Fish Bay, St. John drainage improvements
Alternate Title:
NOAA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 USVI Watershed Stabilization Project
Fish Bay, St. John drainage improvements
Author(s):
Reed, Patricia
United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.)
Virgin Islands Resource Conservation & Development Council
Coral Bay Community Council
Corporate Name:
United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.)
Virgin Islands Resource Conservation & Development Council
Coral Bay Community Council
Dates of Publication:
2012
Abstract:
The Fish Bay Watershed has experienced significant development within the last 30 - 40 years, and this has induced a growth of the road network within the watershed. Previous research on St. John has shown that unpaved roads can erode at rates that are up to 10,000 times higher than erosion rates on undisturbed hillslopes (Ramos-Scharr°on and MacDonald 2007a), and that they are currently a dominant source of the terrestrial sediment entering Fish Bay (Anderson and MacDonald 1998; Ramos-Scharr°on 2004). Therefore, the overarching theme of this project is to improve coral reef ecosystem condition in Fish Bay through an immediate and long-term reduction in sediment loading to the bay"--Executive summary.
Keywords:
Coral reef conservation
Coral reefs and islands
Effect of human beings on
Effect of water pollution on
Environmental aspects
Management
Marine habitats
Sewage
Storm sewers
Watersheds
Place Keywords:
United States Virgin Islands
Saint John
Local Corporate Name:
CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
Type of Resource:
Professional Paper
Note:
The Fish Bay Watershed has experienced significant development within the last 30 - 40 years, and this has induced a growth of the road network within the watershed. Previous research on St. John has shown that unpaved roads can erode at rates that are up to 10,000 times higher than erosion rates on undisturbed hillslopes (Ramos-Scharr°on and MacDonald 2007a), and that they are currently a dominant source of the terrestrial sediment entering Fish Bay (Anderson and MacDonald 1998; Ramos-Scharr°on 2004). Therefore, the overarching theme of this project is to improve coral reef ecosystem condition in Fish Bay through an immediate and long-term reduction in sediment loading to the bay"--Executive summary.
2012
CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
Library
Public Domain
1858
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