Bahía de Jobos
Bahía de Jobos
History
Jobos Bay is located on the south coast of Puerto Rico in
Since the 1980s, land-use in the areas surrounding Bahía de Jobos has continued to change. The Corporacion Amoros private reserve borders the Aguirre State Forest on the East, a fisherman village (Las Mareas) on the West, and agricultural and residential land on the north. Due to urbanization in the region and shifting irrigation regimes, watershed dynamics have changed significantly.[citation needed]
About 30 families who have squatted on the land were facing eviction in 2022.[5]
Ecology
Jobos Bay is a tropical estuary with five distinct habitat types grading roughly from the ocean landward:
At least seven endangered species can be found at Bahía de Jobos.
See also
- National Estuarine Research Reserve System
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Estuary
References
- ^ "Bahía de Jobos — Puerto DRNA "Navega por el ambiente"". Archived from the original on 2013-07-12. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
- ^ a b JOBOS BAY ESTUARINE PROFILE: A NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVE. 2002. Editor: Raph Field Authors: Pedro O. Robles, Carmen M. Gonzalez, Eddie N. Laboy, and Jorge Capella.
- ^ Corporacion Amoros
- ^ Jobos Bay Properties, Inc.
- ^ Rivera Clemente, Yaritza (April 1, 2022). "El Departamento de Justicia ordena una pesquisa criminal sobre la invasión en la Bahía de Jobos en Salinas". El Vocero de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved April 6, 2022.