ESI-PR24, Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico 2000 (Environmental Sensitivity Index Map)
Description
Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) maps are an integral component in oil-spill contingency planning and assessment. They serve as a source of information in the event of an oil spill incident. ESI maps contain three types of information: shoreline habitats (classified according to their sensitivity to oiling), sensitive biological resources, and human-use resources. Most often, this information is plotted on 7.5 minute USGS quadrangles, although in the Alaska ESI maps, USGS topographic maps at scales of 1:63,360 and 1:250,000 are used, and in other ESI maps, NOAA charts have been used as the base map. Collections of these maps, grouped by state or a logical geographic area, are published as ESI atlases. Digital data have been published for most of the U.S. shoreline, including Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico.
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https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi_download |
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https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/coris/data/NOAA/nos/EnvironmentalSensitivityIndices/PuertoRico/ESI_DATA/HIRES |
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https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi_download |
Tags
- map images
- hydrography
- united states of america
- aquatic habitat
- benthic habitat
- cetaceans
- biosphere
- coastal habitat
- bathymetry
- oceans
- puerto rico (18n066w0000)
- wildlife
- marine invertebrates
- marine birds
- oil spill planning
- marine reptiles
- fish
- atlantic ocean
- earth science
- esi
- bathymetry/seafloor topography
- esi maps
- marine mammals
- oil and chemical spills
- coastal zone management
- coastal resources
- esi atlas
- pinnipeds
- marine biology
- natural hazards assessment
- reef habitat
- pr
- ocean basin
- coral reef conservation
- caribbean sea /north atlantic ocean
- coastal processes
- puerto rico
- coral reefs
- turtles
- coris_metadata
- environmental sensitivity index
- country/territory
- sensitivity maps