Sediment porewater salinity, inundation frequency and mangrove vegetation height in Bragança, North Brazil: an ecohydrology-based empirical model
Rubén J. Lara
Marcelo C. L. Cohen
Abstract
An empirical model based on an ecohydrological approach was developed, which allows the integration of hydrographical, topographical and physicochemical information with vegetation characteristics of mangroves and marshes of the Bragança Peninsula, North Brazil. A synoptic distribution of sediment porewater salinity was produced with isolines derived from predicted porewater salinity values from a GIS-based, multiple regression model. It includes a non-linear function of calculated inundation frequencies, the measured salinity distribution in the adjacent estuaries and sediment porewater salinities determined in the dry season. An excellent fit between measured and predicted porewater salinities was obtained. Highly significant correlations were found between vegetation height, inundation frequency and predicted porewater salinities. The relationship between vegetation height and predicted porewater salinities indicated the existence of at least three data ‘clusters’, which probably respond to different height to diameter-in-breast-height proportions according to age and environmental stress conditions. The porewater salinities produced by the model proved to be a solid proxy for the average stress situation of mangrove vegetation. The model offers good potential as a tool for analysing wetland dynamics, particularly at a synoptic, basin level.
Lara R.J. and Cohen M.C.L. (2006) Sediment porewater salinity, inundation frequency and mangrove vegetation height in Bragança, North Brazil: an ecohydrology-based empirical model. Wetlands Ecology and Management 14(4): 349-358. 10.1007/s11273-005-4991-4
@article{Lara2006,
Title = {Sediment porewater salinity, inundation frequency and mangrove vegetation height in Bragança, North Brazil: an ecohydrology-based empirical model},
Author = {Lara, Rubén J. and Cohen, Marcelo C. L.},
Editor = {},
Journal = {Wetlands Ecology and Management},
Year = {2006},
Pages = {349-358},
Volume = {14},
Doi = {10.1007/s11273-005-4991-4},
Abstract = {An empirical model based on an ecohydrological approach was developed, which allows the integration of hydrographical, topographical and physicochemical information with vegetation characteristics of mangroves and marshes of the Bragança Peninsula, North Brazil. A synoptic distribution of sediment porewater salinity was produced with isolines derived from predicted porewater salinity values from a GIS-based, multiple regression model. It includes a non-linear function of calculated inundation frequencies, the measured salinity distribution in the adjacent estuaries and sediment porewater salinities determined in the dry season. An excellent fit between measured and predicted porewater salinities was obtained. Highly significant correlations were found between vegetation height, inundation frequency and predicted porewater salinities. The relationship between vegetation height and predicted porewater salinities indicated the existence of at least three data ‘clusters’, which probably respond to different height to diameter-in-breast-height proportions according to age and environmental stress conditions. The porewater salinities produced by the model proved to be a solid proxy for the average stress situation of mangrove vegetation. The model offers good potential as a tool for analysing wetland dynamics, particularly at a synoptic, basin level.},
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TY - JOUR
AU - Lara, Rubén J.
AU - Cohen, Marcelo C. L.
TI - Sediment porewater salinity, inundation frequency and mangrove vegetation height in Bragança, North Brazil: an ecohydrology-based empirical model
T2 - Wetlands Ecology and Management
PY - 2006
SP - 349-358
VL - 14
DO - 10.1007/s11273-005-4991-4
AB - An empirical model based on an ecohydrological approach was developed, which allows the integration of hydrographical, topographical and physicochemical information with vegetation characteristics of mangroves and marshes of the Bragança Peninsula, North Brazil. A synoptic distribution of sediment porewater salinity was produced with isolines derived from predicted porewater salinity values from a GIS-based, multiple regression model. It includes a non-linear function of calculated inundation frequencies, the measured salinity distribution in the adjacent estuaries and sediment porewater salinities determined in the dry season. An excellent fit between measured and predicted porewater salinities was obtained. Highly significant correlations were found between vegetation height, inundation frequency and predicted porewater salinities. The relationship between vegetation height and predicted porewater salinities indicated the existence of at least three data ‘clusters’, which probably respond to different height to diameter-in-breast-height proportions according to age and environmental stress conditions. The porewater salinities produced by the model proved to be a solid proxy for the average stress situation of mangrove vegetation. The model offers good potential as a tool for analysing wetland dynamics, particularly at a synoptic, basin level.
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