Baseline assessment of Guánica Bay, Puerto Rico in support of watershed restoration / prepared by Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) ; authors, David Whitall [and six others].

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Whitall, David R., author.

Contributor:

Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (U.S.)

National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (U.S.)

United States. National Ocean Service, issuing body.

Series:

NOAA technical memorandum NOS NCCOS ; 176.

NOAA technical memorandum NOS NCCOS ; 176

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Watershed restoration--Puerto Rico--Guánica Bay.

Watershed restoration.

Marine resources conservation--Puerto Rico--Guánica Bay.

Marine resources conservation.

Fish communities--Puerto Rico--Guánica Bay.

Fish communities.

Benthos--Habitat--Puerto Rico--Guánica Bay.

Benthos.

Coral reefs and islands--Puerto Rico--Guánica Bay.

Coral reefs and islands.

Corals--Puerto Rico--Guánica Bay.

Corals.

Marine organisms--Puerto Rico--Guánica Bay--Geographical distribution--Maps.

Marine organisms.

Habitat conservation--Puerto Rico--Guánica Bay--Maps.

Habitat conservation.

Nitrogen--Puerto Rico--Guánica Bay.

Nitrogen.

Suspended sediments--Puerto Rico--Guánica Bay.

Suspended sediments.

Contaminated sediments--Puerto Rico--Guánica Bay.

Contaminated sediments.

Caribbean Sea--Guánica Bay.

Genre:

Online resources.

Maps

Maps.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ii, 169 pages) : color illustrations, color maps.

Place of Publication:

Silver Spring, MD : United States Departmnet of Commerce, Naitonal Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, 2013.

Summary:

"This document presents a comprehensive overview of results from a recent baseline assessment of Guánica Bay, Puerto Rico and its surrounding coral reef ecosystem. The report details: (1) a biogeographic assessment of the coral reef ecosystem outside the bay; (2) contaminant (e.g., PAHs, PCBs, pesticides, heavy metals) magnitudes and distributions in surface sediments (inside the bay, outside the bay and in the watershed streams) and in coral tissues (mustard hill coral, Porites astreoides); and (3) spatial and temporal patterns in sedimentation rates and surface water nutrient concentrations"--About this document.

Notes:

"December 2013."

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource, PDF version; title from title screen (viewed on February 24, 2014).

Other Format:

Print version: Whitall, David R. Baseline assessment of Guánica Bay, Puerto Rico in support of watershed restoration

OCLC:

870966608