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Project

A Conceptual Model for Integrated Coastal Management in the Gulf of Mexico: Ecosystem Approach for Sustainable Development of Critical Areas

The Gulf of Mexico (GoM) is a shared resource at risk, with the following major problems: (a) freshwater use and shortage, (b) pollution, (c) habitat modifications, (d) unsustainable development of living resources, (e) global change e.g., sea level rise, temperature ...

Project

Across Trophic Level System Simulation (ATLSS)

An essential component of restoration planning in South Florida has been the development and use of computer simulation models for the major physical processes driving the system, notably models for freshwater hydrologic dynamics as it is affected by alternative human ...

Project Status

Project complete

Project

An Accelerated Program of Woody Plant Species Selection for Conservation, Restoration, and Neotropical Habitat Enhancement

Louisiana's coastal wetlands value is often measured in terms such as storm protection, fisheries landings, oil and gas infrastructure protection, and recreation. Statistics however, only begin to suggest the importance of Louisiana's coastal wetland ecosystem and the extent of modern ...

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Apalachicola Bay Benthic Mapping

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) and the NOAA Coastal Services Center are working together to map benthic habitats within Apalachicola Bay using a combination of traditional benthic sampling, sediment profiling imagery (SPI) and single-beam acoustics. Fieldwork was done ...

Organization

Aquaculture Research Center

The purpose of ARC is to foster research and education in the field of aquaculture. The Center is testing methods for maximizing production in order to facilitate research and education there. The culture facility is comprised of eight 70,700 gallon ...

Organization Type

Research Center or Laboratory

Geological Feature

Arrecife Alacrán / Scorpion Reef

From: INE, 1996; Tunnell, 2007 Alacrán is an emergent platform type reef that forms part of a group known as the Campeche Bank Reefs, because they are located along the outer shelf of the Campeche Bank. It is the largest ...

Geological Feature Type

Coral Reef

Geological Feature

Arrecife Cabezo

From: INE, 1992; NOAA, 2004; Tunnell, 2007 Cabezo is considered an emergent platform type reef that forms part of the Southern Veracruz Reef System, located off the fishing village of Anton Lizardo in the western Gulf of Mexico. In 1992 ...

Geological Feature Type

Coral Reef

Geological Feature

Arrecife Santiaguillo

From: INE, 1992; NOAA, 2004; Tunnell, 2007 Santiaguillo is one of the 12 emergent platform type reefs that form the Southern Veracruz Reef System, located off the fishing village of Anton Lizardo in the western Gulf of Mexico. In 1992 ...

Geological Feature Type

Coral Reef

Geological Feature

Arrecife Triángulo Oeste

From: ICRI, 2004; Tunnell, 2007 Triángulo Oeste is an emergent platform reef that forms part of the Campeche Bank Reefs system. It is located 193 km from the mainland, it is 656 m in length and 300 m in width ...

Geological Feature Type

Coral Reef

Geological Feature

Arrecife Verde

From: Krutak, 1980; INE, 1992; Tunnell 2007 Verde is one of the eight emergent platform reefs that form part of the Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano, Veracruz Reef System (VRS), located just off the port of Veracruz in the Western Gulf of ...

Geological Feature Type

Coral Reef