Baseline assessment of Guánica Bay, Puerto Rico in support of watershed restoration

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• Personal Author:
  Whitall, David R. ; Bauer, Laurie J. ; Sherman, Clark E. ; Edwards, Kimberly Ann, 1975- ; Mason, Andrew L. ; Pait, Tony ; Caldow, Chris
• Corporate Authors:
  United States, National Ocean Service ; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (U.S.), ; Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (U.S.) ; United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, ; Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.)
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NOS (National Ocean Service) ; NCCOS (National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science) ; CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
• Description:
  "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.
• Series:
  NOAA technical memorandum NOS NCCOS ; 176
• Document Type:
  Technical Memorandum
• Place as Subject:
  Puerto Rico ; Guánica Bay
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Library
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/793/noaa_793_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 31.77 MB]
• Collection(s):
  National Ocean Service (NOS) ; Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:85b0fb1fad4a9fca8cb1dd93c384bea828a4fa246004b0855cdcab3b8bef25e8