The Mangrove Ecosystem of the Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta (Colombia): Observations on Regeneration and Trace Metals in Sediment

Perdomo, Laura; Ensminger, Ingo; Espinosa, Luisa Fernanda; Elster, Carola; Wallner-Kersanach, Mônica; Schnetter, Marie-Luise

doi:10.1016/s0025-326x(99)00075-2

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“…Further studies of the mangroves in Punta Mala Bay and nearby sites would have to be conducted to investigate whether or not similar processes occurred in L. racemosa. However, a number of researchers have previously measured high concentrations of accumulated metals in the tissues of mangrove species, with no apparent impact on plant health (Gleason et al, 1979;Clough et al, 1983;Perdomo et al, 1998;MacFarlane andBurchett, 2001, 2002;MacFarlane et al, 2003). This appears to be the case in Punta Mala Bay, where vegetation analysis in previous studies (Benfield, 2002) shows that regeneration and growth of this L. racemosa is, at the present time, highly successful and does not appear to be inhibited by contamination.…”

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“…Elevated concentrations of heavy metals have been recorded in mangrove sediments all over the world, which often reflects the long-term pollution caused by human activities (Lacerda et al, 1992;Perdomo et al, 1998;Harris and Santos, 2000;Tam and Wong, 2000). Heavy metals are amongst the most serious pollutants within the natural environment due to their toxicity, persistence and bioaccumulation problems (MacFarlane and Burchett, 2000).…”

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An assessment of metal contamination in mangrove sediments and leaves from Punta Mala Bay, Pacific Panama

Defew

Mair

Guzmán

2005

Marine Pollution Bulletin

198

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An assessment of metal contamination in mangrove sediments and leaves from Punta Mala Bay, Pacific Panama

Defew

Mair

Guzmán

2005

Marine Pollution Bulletin

198

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“…Clearing mangrove areas due to natural disturbances such as hurricanes has resulted in introgressions by fast-growing mangrove and nonmangrove species [61][62][63][64][65], and it is likely that selective logging and clear cutting may produce similar outcomes [46]. Moreover, the codominance of secondary mangrove species or antagonistic distributions can be indicators of cryptic ecological degradation (Dahdouh-Guebas et al [46]).…”

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Ecosystem-Wide Impacts of Deforestation in Mangroves: The Urabá Gulf (Colombian Caribbean) Case Study

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Mangroves are ecologically important and extensive in the Neotropics, but they are visibly threatened by selective logging and conversion to pastures in the Southern Caribbean. The objective of this paper was to summarize the impacts of both threats on forest structure, species composition, aboveground biomass and carbon reservoir, species introgressions, and benthic fauna populations by collating past and current data and by using an interdisciplinary approach in the Urabá Gulf (Colombia) as a case study. Mangroves in the Eastern Coast have been decimated and have produced unskewed tree-diameter (DBH) distributions due to the overexploitation of Rhizophora mangle for poles (DBH range: 7-17 cm) and of Avicennia germinans for planks and pilings (DBH > 40 cm). Selective logging increased the importance value of the light-tolerant white mangrove Laguncularia racemosa, also increasing biomass and carbon storage in this species, thus offsetting reductions in other species. Introgressions (cryptic ecological degradation) by L. racemosa and Acrostichum aureum (mangrove fern) and low densities of otherwise dominant detritivore snails (Neritina virginea) were observed in periurban basin mangroves. Finally, basin mangroves were more threatened than fringing mangroves due to their proximity to expanding pastures, villages, and a coastal city.

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“…In the 40 years following the construction of the highway, mangroves declined nearly www.shutterstock.com (Tomas Konopasek) 70% 35 . This was due in part to the direct effects of the road as well as the cumulative effects of other development on hydrology and salinity.…”

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Carreteras y capital natural: Gestión de las dependencias y de los efectos sobre los servicios ecosistémicos para inversiones sostenibles en infraestructura vial

Mandle¹,

Griffin²,

Goldstein³

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The Mangrove Ecosystem of the Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta (Colombia): Observations on Regeneration and Trace Metals in Sediment

Cited by 70 publications

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An assessment of metal contamination in mangrove sediments and leaves from Punta Mala Bay, Pacific Panama

An assessment of metal contamination in mangrove sediments and leaves from Punta Mala Bay, Pacific Panama

Ecosystem-Wide Impacts of Deforestation in Mangroves: The Urabá Gulf (Colombian Caribbean) Case Study

Carreteras y capital natural: Gestión de las dependencias y de los efectos sobre los servicios ecosistémicos para inversiones sostenibles en infraestructura vial

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