Ecosystem-Wide Impacts of Deforestation inMangroves : the Urabá Gulf (Colombian Caribbean) Case Study

ABSTRACT: 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...

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Authors: Blanco Libreros, Juan Felipe, Estrada Urrea, Edgar Andrés, Ortiz Acevedo, Luis Ferney, Urrego Giraldo, Ligia Estela
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Publication Date:2012
Country:Colombia
Institution:Universidad de Antioquia
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Language:English
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Keyword:Deforestación de manglares
Ecosistemas
Golfo de Urabá - Antioquia (Colombia)
Manglares
Urabá (Antioquia, Colombia)
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spelling Ecosystem-Wide Impacts of Deforestation inMangroves : the Urabá Gulf (Colombian Caribbean) Case StudyBlanco Libreros, Juan FelipeEstrada Urrea, Edgar AndrésOrtiz Acevedo, Luis FerneyUrrego Giraldo, Ligia EstelaDeforestación de manglaresEcosistemasGolfo de Urabá - Antioquia (Colombia)ManglaresUrabá (Antioquia, Colombia)ABSTRACT: 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 Urab´a 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 whitemangrove 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.Hindawi Publishing CorporationLimnología Básica y Experimental y Biología y Taxonomía MarinaEgipto2017-09-27T18:43:29Z2017-09-27T18:43:29Z2012info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/submittedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1https://purl.org/redcol/resource_type/ARTArtículo de investigaciónapplication/pdfapplication/pdfBlanco Libreros, J. F., Estrada Urrea, E. A., Ortiz Acevedo, L. F., & Urrego, L. E. (2012). Ecosystem-Wide Impacts of Deforestation inMangroves: The Urabá Gulf (Colombian Caribbean) Case Study. ISRN Ecology. 2012, 1-14. DOI:10.5402/2012/9587092090-4614http://hdl.handle.net/10495/837010.5402/2012/9587092090-4622engAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 2.5 Colombiainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/co/http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/reponame:Repositorio UdeAinstname:Universidad de Antioquiainstacron:Universidad de Antioquia2020-11-09T20:46:38Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Ecosystem-Wide Impacts of Deforestation inMangroves : the Urabá Gulf (Colombian Caribbean) Case Study
title Ecosystem-Wide Impacts of Deforestation inMangroves : the Urabá Gulf (Colombian Caribbean) Case Study
spellingShingle Ecosystem-Wide Impacts of Deforestation inMangroves : the Urabá Gulf (Colombian Caribbean) Case Study
Blanco Libreros, Juan Felipe
Deforestación de manglares
Ecosistemas
Golfo de Urabá - Antioquia (Colombia)
Manglares
Urabá (Antioquia, Colombia)
title_short Ecosystem-Wide Impacts of Deforestation inMangroves : the Urabá Gulf (Colombian Caribbean) Case Study
title_full Ecosystem-Wide Impacts of Deforestation inMangroves : the Urabá Gulf (Colombian Caribbean) Case Study
title_fullStr Ecosystem-Wide Impacts of Deforestation inMangroves : the Urabá Gulf (Colombian Caribbean) Case Study
title_full_unstemmed Ecosystem-Wide Impacts of Deforestation inMangroves : the Urabá Gulf (Colombian Caribbean) Case Study
title_sort Ecosystem-Wide Impacts of Deforestation inMangroves : the Urabá Gulf (Colombian Caribbean) Case Study
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Blanco Libreros, Juan Felipe
Estrada Urrea, Edgar Andrés
Ortiz Acevedo, Luis Ferney
Urrego Giraldo, Ligia Estela
author Blanco Libreros, Juan Felipe
author_facet Blanco Libreros, Juan Felipe
Estrada Urrea, Edgar Andrés
Ortiz Acevedo, Luis Ferney
Urrego Giraldo, Ligia Estela
author_role author
author2 Estrada Urrea, Edgar Andrés
Ortiz Acevedo, Luis Ferney
Urrego Giraldo, Ligia Estela
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author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Deforestación de manglares
Ecosistemas
Golfo de Urabá - Antioquia (Colombia)
Manglares
Urabá (Antioquia, Colombia)
topic Deforestación de manglares
Ecosistemas
Golfo de Urabá - Antioquia (Colombia)
Manglares
Urabá (Antioquia, Colombia)
description ABSTRACT: 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 Urab´a 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 whitemangrove 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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