Description
Shallow-water (<30m) benthic habitat maps of the nearshore marine environment of two areas in Southwest Puerto Rico (PR), including the Guanica Bay/La Parguera region on the south coast and the Belvedere reserve on the west coast, were mapped and characterized using visual interpretation of optical and acoustic remotely sensed imagery. The objective was to provide spatially-explicit information on the habitat types, biological cover and live coral cover of the regionÂs coral reef ecosystem. These maps will be used to support marine resource management and conservation in the Commonwealth. In addition, the maps will enable change detection in an assessment of the effectiveness of restoration activities on the condition of adjacent coral reef ecosystems.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
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| Web Resource | Unknown | default.aspx | Open resource |
Tags
- 2012
- 793
- atlantic ocean
- belvedere
- benthic habitats
- biological cover
- biosphere
- caribbean sea /north atlantic ocean
- coastal processes
- coral reef
- coral reef ecology
- coral reefs
- corals
- coris_metadata
- country/territory
- earth science
- environmental monitoring
- geographic information
- geomorphological structure
- guanica bay
- habitat mapping
- habitats
- la parguera
- mapping
- mapping shallow benthic habitats of the north east reserves mpa
- ocean basin
- oceans
- pr
- puerto rico
- puerto rico (18n066w0000)
- reef
- reef monitoring and assessment
- seafloor
- southwest
- submerged aquatic vegetation
- unconsolidated sediments
- united states
- united states of america
- u.s. caribbean
- zone
- zoology