The Department of Natural and Environmental Resources of Puerto Rico has installed over 270 mooring buoys in seagrass, coral, and mangrove regions with the anticipation that they will curb boating damage and allow these natural environments to recover. To streamline buoy management, our group constructed a Geographic Information System database. This contains data we gathered at each buoy concerning its exact GPS location, condition, the recovery of the environment it is protecting, and observations of boating trends within the region.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Coffey, Gregory T.
• LaSante, Ryan S.
• Zabinski, Brittany
• Greer, Eric Philip

Subject

• Infrastructure
• Environment
• Computing
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050509-131649

Keyword

• Sustainability
• Habitat conservation
• Water-supply--Environmental aspects

Advisor

• Shockey, Ingrid K.
• Lemone, Karen A.

Year

• 2009

Center

• San Juan, Puerto Rico Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER)

Date created

• 2009-05-05

Location

• San Juan

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright