Site Photos for La Parguera Natural Reserve

The numbered locations on this page correspond to the numbers asigned to selected sites in La Parguera demonstrating areas where significant boater impacts to seagrass beds were documented in the field.

1. Cayo Caracoles

Photograph of Caracoles, one of the coral keys of La Parguera, taken during overflight conducted as part of the project.




Lines (in yellow) and polygons (in red) representing propeller scars and areas where scars were too concentrated to delineate individual marks.

2. Cayo La Gata

Photograph of La Gata coral key taken during overflight.




Lines (in yellow) and polygons (in red) representing propeller scars and areas where scars were too concentrated to delineate individual marks.

3. Cayo Enrique


Photographs of the coral key known as Enrique taken during the overflight conducted as part of the project.



Lines (in yellow) representing propeller scars delineated in the field.

4. Cayo Collado

Photograph of Collado coral key from overflight.



Lines (in yellow) and polygons (in red) representing propeller scars and areas where scars were too concentrated to delineate individual marks.

5. Entrance to Canal Corto

Photograph from project overflight of La Parguera showing the entrance to Canal Corto, a channel that gives access to Monsio Jose, one of the bioluminescent bays in the area of Parguera.



Lines (in yellow) and polygons (in red) representing propeller scars and areas where scars were too concentrated to delineate individual marks.

6. Nautical Club

Photograph from overflight showing the area of the Parguera Nautical Club.



Lines (in yellow) delineating propeller scars.


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Ernesto Otero
Department of Marine Science, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus
E-mail: eotero2@coqui.net