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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Mar 2.
Published in final edited form as: Ecol Indic. 2017 Mar;74:371–383. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.11.036

Table A2.

Biophysical parameters for Puerto Rico to implement reservoir hydropower model, water purification model, and sediment retention model (InVEST 3.0.0; Tallis et al., 2013).

LULC Maximum Vegetative Root Depths (mm)1 Plant Evapo-transpiration Coefficient2 Rates of Nitrogen Loading (kg/ha/yr)3 Rates of Phosphorus Loading (kg/ha/yr)3 Vegetation Efficiency of Filtering Nitrogen (%)4 Vegetation Efficiency of Filtering Phosphorus (%)4 Cover and Management Factor5 Management Practice Factor6 Sediment Retention Efficiency4
Open Water 0 1000 0.00 0.00 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000
Developed, Open Space 0 550 15.56 1.04 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000
Developed, Low Intensity 0 428 15.56 3.04 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000
Developed, Medium Intensity 0 278 15.56 5.04 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000
Developed, High Intensity 0 153 15.56 7.04 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000
Barren Land 0 500 3.40 0.10 0 0 0.900 0.000 0.000
Evergreen Forest 7300 1000 5.70 0.01 100 100 0.006 0.000 1.000
Shrub/Scrub 5100 398 6.79 1.30 100 100 0.030 0.000 0.500
Herbaceous 2600 650 6.79 1.30 100 100 0.110 0.000 0.500
Hay/Pasture 2600 850 16.27 0.10 100 100 0.030 1.000 1.000
Cultivated Crops 2100 650 16.27 3.10 50 50 0.500 0.500 0.500
Woody Wetlands 5200 1100 5.70 0.01 100 100 0.030 0.000 1.000
Emergent Herbaceous Wetlands 2600 1100 6.79 1.30 100 100 0.110 0.000 1.000