Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). 2005. http://www.itis.usda.gov version
(11/2004).
ISSG Global Invasive Species Database. 2005. IUCN Invasive Species Specialist Group.
http://www.issg.org/database .
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Philadelphia
Academy
of
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2005.
Ichthyology
Collection.
http://data.acnatsci.org/biodiversity_databases/fish.php version (01/2004).
Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF). 2005. REEF Database.
http://www.reef.org/data/database.htm versión (04/2004).
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Department
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http://www.nmnh.si.edu/vert/fishes/fishcat/ version (11/2004)
Yale University Peabody Museum of Natural History. 2005.
Fish Collection.
http://george.peabody.yale.edu/ich/ version (05/2005).
Information on the taxonomic composition and fishing depths of species collected by the
deep water snapper/grouper exploratory fishing program in PR and the USVI, sponsored by
the National Marine Fishery Service (NMFS-NOAA) and the Caribbean Fishery
Management Council (CFMC) were recuperated from cruise reports of the R/V Delaware
and R/V Oregon (NOAA, 1979, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 87). Also, data on fish species
composition, depths and habitat types at which species were observed during tthe Johnson
Sea Link II submersible survey of the PR and USVI in 1985 was transcribed and reorganized from the cruise report prepared originaly by Nelson and Appeldoorn (1985). An
updated list of echinoderms and decapod crustaceans reported for PR was obtained from a
data base available at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Invertebrate Collection,
Division of Invertebrate Zoology.
B. Atlas of Deep Reefs around Puerto Rico and the U. S. Virgin Islands
A digital map with geo-referenced bathymetric, hydrographic and biological information on
deep reefs around Puerto Rico and the U. S. Virgin Islands was developed in GIS format.
Bathymetry data, prepared by Aurelio Mercado from the Puerto Rico Tsunami Warning and
Mitigation
Program
was
downloaded
from
the
Poseidon
server
at
(http://poseidon.uprm.edu). The data in x,y,z format was then used to create depth contours
of the Puerto Rico and U. S. Virgin Islands insular shelf and slope. GIS shape files of the
benthic habitat maps that include deep reef habitats of the Marine Conservation District
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(11/2004).
ISSG Global Invasive Species Database. 2005. IUCN Invasive Species Specialist Group.
http://www.issg.org/database .
Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), Census of Marine Life, State University of
New Jersey, Rutgers. 2005. http://www.iobis.org/Welcome.htm version (05/2005).
Philadelphia
Academy
of
Natural
Sciences.
2005.
Ichthyology
Collection.
http://data.acnatsci.org/biodiversity_databases/fish.php version (01/2004).
Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF). 2005. REEF Database.
http://www.reef.org/data/database.htm versión (04/2004).
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). 2005. NMNH Fish Collection,
Division
of
Fishes,
Department
of
Vertebrate
Zoology.
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/vert/fishes/fishcat/ version (11/2004)
Yale University Peabody Museum of Natural History. 2005.
Fish Collection.
http://george.peabody.yale.edu/ich/ version (05/2005).
Information on the taxonomic composition and fishing depths of species collected by the
deep water snapper/grouper exploratory fishing program in PR and the USVI, sponsored by
the National Marine Fishery Service (NMFS-NOAA) and the Caribbean Fishery
Management Council (CFMC) were recuperated from cruise reports of the R/V Delaware
and R/V Oregon (NOAA, 1979, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 87). Also, data on fish species
composition, depths and habitat types at which species were observed during tthe Johnson
Sea Link II submersible survey of the PR and USVI in 1985 was transcribed and reorganized from the cruise report prepared originaly by Nelson and Appeldoorn (1985). An
updated list of echinoderms and decapod crustaceans reported for PR was obtained from a
data base available at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Invertebrate Collection,
Division of Invertebrate Zoology.
B. Atlas of Deep Reefs around Puerto Rico and the U. S. Virgin Islands
A digital map with geo-referenced bathymetric, hydrographic and biological information on
deep reefs around Puerto Rico and the U. S. Virgin Islands was developed in GIS format.
Bathymetry data, prepared by Aurelio Mercado from the Puerto Rico Tsunami Warning and
Mitigation
Program
was
downloaded
from
the
Poseidon
server
at
(http://poseidon.uprm.edu). The data in x,y,z format was then used to create depth contours
of the Puerto Rico and U. S. Virgin Islands insular shelf and slope. GIS shape files of the
benthic habitat maps that include deep reef habitats of the Marine Conservation District
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