TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
ENVIRONMENT
Beaches
tar pollution of Trinidad & Tobago beaches, 1980/1982
1980/2 photographs of T & T beaches and coasts
Please refer to 1991 article by:
Diane Bertrand,
Charmaine O'Brien-Delpesch, Lloyd Gerald & Hayden Romano:
"Coastlines of
Trinidad and Tobago - A Coastal Stability Perspective."
in: Cambers,
Gillian (editor) Coastlines of the Caribbean, p.1-16
(which also
contains several other useful references)
please see reference to article by Georges, 1983 re
beach-mining
status of the T & T beaches and coasts, 1992
Tobago beaches
Coral Reefs
Coral reefs
Roberts, 1993
Laydoo, Richard & Griffith, J.K., 1995 Buccoo Reef, Tobago
Map of Man-O-War Bay, Tobago, by Doon Ramsaroop, IMA, 1977
Environmental Education
excerpt of letter from Dr.Joyce Glasgow
-For additional information on E.E., please contact :
Mr Alan Duncan, Institute of Marine Affairs, Chaguaramas
Geology
Title page of the Proceedings of the First Conference on Natural Hazards,
St. Anns, Trinidad, Oct.11/15, 1993, William B. Ambeh, convenor
Table of Contents of "Caribbean Geology, An Introduction"
edited by Stephen K. Donovan and Trevor A. Jackson
Ch.11 TOBAGO by Trevor A. Jackson and Stephen K.Donovan,
p.193/207, including 36 references
Geologic Map of Tobago (after Maxwell)
Geologic Map of Tobago (Snoke, Rowe, Yule & Wadge)
Simplified Geologic Map of S.W. Tobago (after Donovan et al..)
Ch.12 TRINIDAD by Stephen K. Donovan, p.209/228,
incl.85 references
Simplified Geologic Map of Trinidad (after Barr & Saunders)
Mangroves
for references on articles about Caroni Swamp, please see:
(1) Bildstein, Keith L., 1990 Scarlet Ibis
(2) Holenbrock, Robert H., 1994
map of Caroni Swamp National Park, Trinidad
airphotograph of Caroni Swamp, Trinidad, 1982
1992 case study by Cambers regarding Point Lisas,
the industrial port development area south of Caroni Swamp -
also along the west coast of Trinidad on the Gulf of Paria
please see reference to Ogden & Gladfelter (editors)
Meteorology
Oceanography
Text of Oostdam's paper about coastal erosion
at Columbus
Bay and Corral Point, southwest Trinidad
Great Courland Bay, Tobago:
generalized preliminary bathymetric survey,
Oct.1980 (Oostdam/IMA/UNDP)
Barbados Bay, Tobago:
generalized preliminary bathymetric survey,
Nov.1980 (Oostdam/IMA/UNDP)
Summary of Wave Conditions, Tobago Bays, 1980-1981,
(Oostdam/IMA/UNDP)
Pollution
please see references to separate articles by
(1) Agard, (2) Hall and (3) Singh
please see reference to Rodriguez, 1981
Protected Areas, coastal and marine
please see reference to Worldwide Marine Protected Areas catalog
by
The World Bank, The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority,
and
The World Conservation Union. (Stanley, 1995)
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