Watershed- and island wide-scale land cover changes in Puerto Rico (1930s-2004) and their potential effects on coral reef ecosystems

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 506-507, Issue , 2015, Pages 241-251

  Ramos Scharrón, Carlos E ^a,b   Torres Pulliza, Damaris ^c   Hernández Delgado, Edwin A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Island Resources Foundation   (United States)

^c Sinoptica Sistemas de Informação Ltda   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Coastal development; Coral reef management; Erosion; Land cover change; Runoff; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EROSION; FORESTRY; POLLUTION; REEFS; REFORESTATION; RUNOFF; SUGAR CANE; URBAN GROWTH; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; WATERSHEDS;

COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; CORAL REEF; CORAL REEF COMMUNITIES; CORAL REEF DEGRADATION; CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEMS; LAND-COVER CHANGE; SIMULTANEOUS REDUCTION; URBANIZATION;

SEDIMENTS;

BIODEGRADATION; COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; CORAL REEF; EROSION; LAND COVER; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENT YIELD; URBANIZATION; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEF; CROPLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; NONHUMAN; PUERTO RICO; REFORESTATION; SEDIMENT; SOIL EROSION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED; AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; TRENDS;

ECOSYSTEMS; POLLUTION; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; WATER;

PUERTO RICO;

ANTHOZOA;

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PUERTO RICO; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84911399515     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.11.016     Document Type: Article

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