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https://hdl.handle.net/11681/6450| Title: | Preliminary guide to wetlands of Puerto Rico : major associations and communities identified |
| Authors: | Environmental Laboratory (U.S.) |
| Keywords: | Puerto Rico United States Plant community Community Wetlands Flooding Wetland soils Hydrology Wetland vegetation Wetland delineation Ecology |
| Publisher: | U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station |
| Series/Report no.: | Technical Report (Wetlands Research Program (U.S.)) ; no. Technical Report Y-78-3 |
| Abstract: | This guide to the major plant associations and communities found in wetlands within Puerto Rico is one of a series of eight such guides, each prepared by a specialist or specialists familiar with the wetlands in the region covered by the guide. The guides are intended for distribution to the various U.S. Army Engineer Districts for use in wetland identification in the implementation of Section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972. The classification system in the guide is intended solely for use in the Section 404 permit program and is not considered a classification system for other purposes. |
| Description: | Technical Report |
| Gov't Doc #: | Technical Report Y-78-3 |
| Rights: | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11681/6450 |
| Appears in Collections: | Technical Report |
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| TR-Y-78-3.pdf | 27.69 MB | Adobe PDF |  View/Open |