Map of Trinidad with Marked Locations
Three maps showing the location of Trinidad and the location of the tributary and pools included in the folder Degradation of a Tropical Stream. Blue lines represent stream path taken from topographic maps. The black line shows the location of the road. The road continues to the north and crosses over the mountain to influence the head waters of the stream photographed in the tributary photograph.
| Primary or BEN resource type | |
|---|---|
| Format | |
| Temporal and geographic description | Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies |
| Is Part Of | Degradation of a Tropical Stream |
| Collection Link | http://ecoed.esa.org/index.php?P=AdvancedSearch&Q=Y&FK=%22Degradation... |
| Core Concepts | |
| Drought & Water-Ecosystem Services Collection | Off |
| Conservation Targets Under Global Change Collection | Off |
| Big Data Collection | Off |
| Editor's Choice | No |
| Audience | |
| Pedagogical Use Description | Can be used as part of a series of photographs to show the increased level of sediment within the streams after road construction. |
| Keywords | Tropical rainforest, Tropical streams, Human Impact |
| Life science discipline (subject) | |
| Primary Author Controlled Name | |
| Primary Author Affiliation | Cornell University Department of Entomology Ithaca, NY 14853 |
| Primary Author email | stieha@hotmail.com |
| Secondary Author Name(s) | D. Nicholas McLetchie |
| Secondary Author Affiliation(s) | University of Kentucky Department of Biology Lexington, KY 40506 |
| Submitter Name | Christopher Stieha |
| Submitter Email | stieha@hotmail.com |
| Rights | Used under the Google Earth academic disclaimer that copyright must appear on the photos. Specific copyrights are: Stream scale: Google, Digital Globe, GeoEye Country scale: Google, SIO, NOAA, U.S. Navy, NGA, GEBCO, U.S. Geological Survey World scale: Terra Metrics, SIO, U.S. Navy, NGA, GEBCO, Gnes/Spot Image |
| Date Of Record Submission | 2012-09-19 |
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