WETMAAP Skill 3
La Parguera, Puerto Rico - Element 2
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Skill 3: Visual Recognition
Element 2: Habitat Maps and Feature Overlays

Materials:

1:20,000 scale 1966 Parguera, Puerto Rico,USGS Topographic Quadrangle

1936 Land Cover Map

1991 Land Cover Map

2004 Land Cover Map

2004 Aerial Photograph

Magnifying Glass

Exercise:

1. Using the Topographic map and all the aerial photos, and land cover maps:

a. Identify changes in the urban and agricultural sectors of the La Parguera site.

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b. Identify changes in upland forest within the La Parguera site.

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c. Do you note any differences or changes in the coral reefs?

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d. Do you note any changes in the mangroves over the 68 years of record?

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