ResourceContaminants in marine resources of Vieques, PR
"Land based sources of pollution, such as heavy metals and pesticides, can have adverse effects on marine ecosystems, including fisheries. In Vieques, local concerns persist about the potential for land based sources of pollution to affect fish population...
ResourceCatalog documentation: Vieques Fish Tissue Contaminants Summary Database
"Worldwide coral reef ecosystems are being threatened by a range of human activities. Sedimentation, overfishing, global climate change, ship groundings, pathogens and pollution are some of the major human-related stressors impacting coral reefs. The east...
ResourceContaminants in queen conch (Strombus gigas) in Vieques, Puerto Rico
"Pollution has the potential to negatively alter coastal ecosystem health, including fisheries species, through direct impacts, food web effects and habitat degradation. Vieques is an island municipality of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, which lies off ...
ResourceContaminants in the marine resources of Vieques
Land based sources of pollution, such as heavy metals, pesticides, and PCBs, can have adverse effects on marine ecosystems, including fisheries. Local concerns persist about the potential for land based sources of pollution from historical Naval activitie...
DocumentsNational Status and Trends: Vieques, Puerto Rico Tissue Contaminants Data
Worldwide coral reef ecosystems are being threatened by a range of human activities. Sedimentation, overfishing, global climate change, ship groundings, pathogens and pollution are some of the major human-related stressors impacting coral reefs. The eas...
Downloadable DataNCCOS Assessment: Biogeographic Surveys of Benthic and Fish Communities in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico from 2001-01-09 to 2012-11-02 (NCEI Accession 0206670)
Metadata Thumbnail This data compilation includes benthic and fish survey data collected in St. Croix, St. John and St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI); La Parguera, Guanica, Jobos Bay, and Vieques, Puerto Rico; and Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS) in...