| dc.creator | Ortiz-Zayas, Jorge R. | |
| dc.creator | Blanco, Juan Felipe | |
| dc.creator | Cáceres, Rita | |
| dc.creator | Viqueira, Jorge | |
| dc.date | 2012-05-25T12:37:49Z | |
| dc.date | 2012-05-25T12:37:49Z | |
| dc.date | 2009-11 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-17T16:53:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-03-17T16:53:35Z | |
| dc.identifier | Ortiz-Zayas, Jorge R.; Blanco, Juan Felipe; Cáceres, Rita; and Viqueira, Jorge. "Sensing climate change in an ephemeral coastal pond: implications to the conservation of biodiversity in a subtropical dry forest". Río Piedras Campus: External Scientific Advisory Committe (ESAC), 2009. http://repositorio.upr.edu:8080/jspui/handle/10586 /201 | |
| dc.identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10586 /201 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/647356 | |
| dc.description | There is concern that climate change may reduce rainfall in the Caribbean and increase sea levels thus altering groundwater supplies and coastal habitats. The potential effects of
rainfall reduction and sea level changes will likely be more evident in dry lowland subtropical forests which are more susceptible to fires and to sea level changes. In order to improve
management decisions, a systematic monitoring program of surface and groundwater levels was established in 2005 at an ephemeral coastal pond located in the Guánica Biospheric
Reserve in Southwestern Puerto Rico. The program has provided invaluable data in support of conservation of endangered wildlife. The data suggest the ephemeral coastal ponds are
critical habitats highly susceptible to climate change and to storm surges drastically altering habitat conditions and posing stresses to freshwater endangered fauna. | |
| dc.language | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | External Scientific Advisory Committe (ESAC) | |
| dc.subject | subtropical dry forest | |
| dc.subject | climate change | |
| dc.subject | coastal pond | |
| dc.title | Sensing climate change in an ephemeral coastal pond: implications to the conservation of biodiversity in a subtropical dry forest | |
| dc.type | Poster | |
