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Record 15 of 551 for Puerto Rico region search.

Title:

A baseline assessment of the ecological resources of Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico [electronic resource] / editors, David R. Whitall, Bryan M. Costa, Laurie J. Bauer, Angel Dieppa, Sarah D. Hile.

Imprint:

Silver Spring, Md. : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, 2011.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (188 p.) : PDF file, col. ill., col. maps ; 17 MB.

Series Statement:

NOAA technical memorandum NOS NCCOS ; 133

General Note:

"July 2011."

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

System Details Note:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.
System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Topical Term:

Marine resources Puerto Rico Jobos Bay Management.
Coral reefs and islands Puerto Rico Jobos Bay Maps.
Benthos Habitat Puerto Rico Jobos Bay Maps.
Benthos Conservation Puerto Rico Jobos Bay Maps.
Coral reef conservation Puerto Rico Jobos Bay Maps.
Habitat (Ecology) Research Puerto Rico Jobos Bay Maps.
Watershed restoration Puerto Rico Jobos Bay Maps.

Personal Name:

Whitall, David R., editor.
Costa, Bryan, editor.
Bauer, Laurie J., editor.
Dieppa, Angel, editor.
Hile, Sarah, editor.

Corporate Name:

National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (U.S.), sponsor, publisher.

Series Uniform Title:

NOAA technical memorandum NOS NCCOS ; 133.

Electronic Access:

http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/noaa_documents/NOS/NCCOS/TM_NOS_NCCOS/nos_nccos_133.pdf
http://www.ccma.nos.noaa.gov/publications/jobosbaybaseline.pdf

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