Spatial and temporal land cover changes in Terminos Lagoon Reserve, Mexico
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RBT52292022-06-06T18:33:49Z Spatial and temporal land cover changes in Terminos Lagoon Reserve, Mexico Spatial and temporal land cover changes in Terminos Lagoon Reserve, Mexico Soto-Galera, Ernesto Piera, Jaume López, Pilar cobertura de suelo ecosistemas costeros deforestación percepción remota industria petrolera land cover coastal ecosystems deforestation remote sensing oil industry 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. Universidad de Costa Rica 2010-06-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Article Text application/pdf https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/5229 10.15517/rbt.v58i2.5229 Revista de Biología Tropical; Vol. 58 No. 2 (2010): Volume 58 – Regular number 2 – June 2010; 565–575 Revista de Biología Tropical; Vol. 58 Núm. 2 (2010): Volumen 58 – Número regular 2 – Junio 2010; 565–575 Revista Biología Tropical; Vol. 58 N.º 2 (2010): Volume 58 – Regular number 2 – June 2010; 565–575 2215-2075 0034-7744 10.15517/rbt.v58i2 eng https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/5229/5029 Copyright (c) 2010 Revista de Biología Tropical http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
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Soto-Galera, Ernesto Piera, Jaume López, Pilar |
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Soto-Galera, Ernesto Piera, Jaume López, Pilar Spatial and temporal land cover changes in Terminos Lagoon Reserve, Mexico |
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Soto-Galera, Ernesto Piera, Jaume López, Pilar |
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Soto-Galera, Ernesto |
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Spatial and temporal land cover changes in Terminos Lagoon Reserve, Mexico |
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Spatial and temporal land cover changes in Terminos Lagoon Reserve, Mexico |
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Spatial and temporal land cover changes in Terminos Lagoon Reserve, Mexico |
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Spatial and temporal land cover changes in Terminos Lagoon Reserve, Mexico |
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Spatial and temporal land cover changes in Terminos Lagoon Reserve, Mexico |
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spatial and temporal land cover changes in terminos lagoon reserve, mexico |
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Spatial and temporal land cover changes in Terminos Lagoon Reserve, Mexico |
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Universidad de Costa Rica |
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2010 |
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