Caribbean Environment Programme United Nations Environment Programme CEP Technical Report #4 1989	All CEP Technical Reports
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Table of Contents

List of Figures
List of Tables
Summary

    1.    INTRODUCTION

                1.1     Survey of Hurricane Damage
                1.2     Terms of Reference

    2.    METHODOLOGY

                2.1     Resources to be Considered
                2.2     Data Sources and Data Collection
                2.3     Ecological Assessment
                2.4     Economic Assessment

    3.    IDENTIFICATION OF IMPACTS

                3.1     Beaches
                3.2     Coastal Water Quality
                3.3     Coral Reefs
                3.4     Seagrass Beds
                3.5     Mangrove and other Wetlands
                3.6     Littoral Woodland and Strand Vegetation
                3.7     Fishery Resources
                3.8     Seqbirds and Shorebirds   

    4.    FRAMEWORK FOR ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACTS

                4.1     Economic Worth (Market and Non-Market) of the Resources
                4.2     Estimation of Economic Losses
                4.3     Economics of Recovery and Damage Prevention

   5.    DISCUSSION

                5.1     Utility of the Assessment
                5.2     Priority Areas for Recovery Effort
                5.3     Key Areas for Marine Resources Research and Management Effort

    6.    ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

    7.    REFERENCES

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List of Figures

A1.1. Fishing Areas of Jamaica and 200m Isobath
A3.1. Wetland Locations
A3.2. Percentage Defoliation, Great Salt Pond
A3.3. Damage to Conocarpus, Terminalia and Coconut at Mammee Bay
A3.4. Minor Wind Damage to Fringe Rhizophora at Priory
A3.5. Sand Thrown into Wetland at Llandovery
A3.6. Seagrass Blade Debris Thrown into Fringe Rhizophora at Llandovery
A3.7. Littoral Woodland, including Conocarpus and Laguncularia, Uprooted at Pear Tree
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A3.8. Damaged Rhizophora at the Egret Roost at Pear Tree Bottom
A3.9. Wind Damage to Tall Rhizophora Basin Forrest at Crater Lake, Discovery Bay
A3.10. Rhizophora Tree Bent above the Buttresses at Crater Lake, Discovery Bay
A3.11. Coral Debris Thrown into Wind Damaged Fringe Mangrove and Littoral Woodland, Rio
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A3.12. Defoliation of Tall Rhizophora, Florida Lands, Falmouth
A3.13. Tall Rhizophora Broken above the Buttresses, Florida Lands, Falmouth
A3.14. Defoliated Avicennia Woodland, Falmouth
A3.15. Uprooted Avicennia Trees, Salt Marsh
A3.16. Defoliated and Felled Trees, Wyndham Rose Hall Wetland
A5.1. Sampling Sites In Wetland at Wyndham Rose Hall
A6.1    Map of Jamaica Showing Sites Sampled before and after Hurricane Gilbert
A7.1    Beach Localities
A8.1. USAC Dive Transect Locations

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List of Tables

A1.1. Resources Considered in this Report
A1.2. Terminology Used in this Report
A1.3. Some Meteorological Features of Hurricane Gilbert
A5.1. Water Level and Conductivity at Wyndham Rose Hall Wetland
A6.1. Levels of Stranded Tar

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Appendices

1.  Aiken, K.A.	Hurricane Gilbert and its Effect on Fishery Resources
2.  Alleng, G	Hurricane Damage at Port Royal
3.  Bacon, P. R.	Survey and Assessment of Hurricane Damage to Wetlands
4.  Clarke, P.	Post Hurricane Gilbert Report: Llandovery and Port Royal
5.  Greenaway, A. M.	Physical and Chemical Effects of Hurricane Gilbert on the Wetland Adjacent to Wyndham Rosehall Hotel
6.  Jones, M.A.	Effect of Hurricane Gilbert on Beaches and the Status of Oil Pollution
7.  NRCD	Extracts from NRCD File 11/2/7, Hurricane Gilbert 1988
8.  USAC	UWI Sub-Aqua Club Survey of Extent of Damage at Ocho Rios Marine Park due to Hurricane Gilbert
9.  Woodley, J.D.	The Effects of Hurricane Gilbert on Coral Reefs in the Discovery Bay
10.  Wright, S.	Effects of Hurricane Gilbert on Selected Oyster Culture Sites
11.  List of Papers on Hurricane Effects on Coastal and Marine Resource Areas in Jamaica

 

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