TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 2

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

please see reference to Roberts, 1993

 for references on article about Coral Reefs in S.W. Tobago, please see 
     Laydoo, Richard & Griffith, J.K., 1995 Buccoo Reef, Tobago
 Man-of-War Bay, Tobago (see: A Preliminary Survey of the Coral Reefs 
     in Man-O-War Bay, Tobago, by Doon Ramsaroop, IMA, 1977, 21pp.) 
     Tyrrell Bay, Tobago Arnos Vale, Tobago

Environmental Education

excerpt of letter from Dr. Joyce Glasgow
-For additional information, 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
 Cover of "Caribbean Geology, An Introduction" 
            edited by Stephen K. Donovan and Trevor A. Jackson
 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 etc.)
     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

 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 &
      (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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