Product Details
- Product Number
- 259517
- Series
- FS-2011-3049
- Scale
- NO SCALE
- Alternate ID
- FS-2011-3049
- Authors
- SARAH STACKPOOLE
- Version Date
- 01/01/2011
- Countries
- USA
- Media
- Paper
- Format
- Flat
Additional Details
- Description
- Summary Coral reef ecosystems are threatened by unprecedented watershed changes in the United States and worldwide. These ecosystems sustain fishing and tourism industries essential to the economic survival of many communities. Sediment, nutrients, and pollutants from watersheds are increasingly transported to coastal waters, where these contaminants damage corals. Although pollution from watersheds is one of many factors threatening coral survival, it is one that local people can have a profound influence on. U.S. Geological Survey scientists are using mapping, monitoring, and computer modeling to better forecast the effects of watershed changes on reef health. Working with communities in Hawai‘i and on other U.S. islands in the Pacific, they are helping to provide the science needed to make informed decisions on watershed and coral reef management.
- Survey Date
- 2011
- Print Date
- 2011
- Height In Inches
- 11.000
- Length In Inches
- 8.500
- Two Sided
- Yes
- Pieces
- 1
- Languages
- English
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