POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION FOR VIEQUES ISLAND, PUERTO RICO, WITH THE HARGREAVES AND SAMANI MODEL

A Study on Residents' Perceptions and Attitudes Towards the Vieques National Wildlife Refuge in Puerto Rico

Trace Elements Analysis in Forage Samples from a US Navy Bombing Range (Vieques, Puerto Rico)

Plants are good environmental sensors of the soil conditions in which they are growing. They also respond directly to the state of air. The tops of plants are collectors of air pollutants, and their chemical composition may be a good indicator for contaminated-areas when it is assessed against background values obtained for unpolluted vegetation. Both, aquatic and terrestrial plants are known t...

History and Evaluation of Hargreaves Evapotranspiration Equation

A brief history of development of the 1985 Hargreaves equation and its comparison to evapotranspiration ~ET! predicted by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations ~FAO! Penman-Monteith method are described to provide background and information helpful in selecting an appropriate reference ET equation under various data situations. Early efforts in irrigation water requiremen...

Puerto Rico

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A New Hairstreak Butterfly ( Lycaenidae ) from Mona Island , Puerto Rico