Spatial and temporal land cover changes in Terminos Lagoon Reserve, Mexico

Soto Galera, Ernesto; Piera, Jaume; López, Pilar

dc.creator	Soto Galera, Ernesto
dc.creator	Piera, Jaume
dc.creator	López, Pilar
dc.date	2009-06-15
dc.date.accessioned	2016-05-03T15:35:52Z
dc.date.available	2016-05-03T15:35:52Z
dc.identifier	http://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/5229
dc.identifier	10.15517/rbt.v58i2.5229
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10669/27623
dc.description	Terminos Lagoon ecosystem is the largest fluvial-lagoon estuarine system in the country and one of the most important reserves of coastal flora and fauna in Mexico. Since the seventies, part of the main infrastructure for country's oil extraction is located in this area. Its high biodiversity has motivated different type of studies including deforestation processes and land use planning. In this work we used satellite image analysis to determine land cover changes in the area from 1974 to 2001. Our results indicate that tropical forest and mangroves presented the most extensive losses in its coverage. In contrast, urban areas and induced grassland increased considerably. In 2001 more than half of the ecosystem area showed changes from its original land cover, and a third part of it was deteriorated. The main causes of deforestation were both the increase in grassland and the growth of urban areas. However, deforestation was attenuated by natural reforestation and plant canopy recovery. We conclude that the introduction of cattle and urban development were the main causes for the land cover changes; however, the oil industry activity located in the ecosystem, has promoted indirectly to urban growth and rancher boom.	en
dc.format	application/pdf
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	Universidad de Costa Rica	en
dc.rights	Copyright (c) 2014 International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation	en
dc.source	Revista de Biología Tropical/International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation; Vol. 58 (2) June 2010	es-ES
dc.source	2215-2075
dc.source	0034-7744
dc.source	10.15517/rbt.v58i2
dc.title	Spatial and temporal land cover changes in Terminos Lagoon Reserve, Mexico	en
dc.title	Spatial and temporal land cover changes in Terminos Lagoon Reserve, Mexico	es-ES
dc.type	artículo original
dc.coverage	CRC	en-US

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