Alternatives for recovering the ecosystem services and resilience of the Salamanca Island Natural Park, Colombia

German Rivillas-Ospina; Mauro Antonio Maza-Chamorro; Sebastián Restrepo; Debora Lithgow; Rodolfo Silva; Augusto Sisa; Andrés Vargas; Juan Pablo Sarmiento; Juan Caes; Marianella Bolivar; Roberto Del Rio; Erick Campo; Diego Casas; Dennis Rudas

doi:10.3390/w12051513

Alternatives for recovering the ecosystem services and resilience of the Salamanca Island Natural Park, Colombia

German Rivillas-Ospina
, Mauro Antonio Maza-Chamorro
, Sebastián Restrepo
, Debora Lithgow
, Rodolfo Silva
, Augusto Sisa
, Andrés Vargas
, Juan Pablo Sarmiento
, Juan Caes
, Marianella Bolivar
, Roberto Del Rio
, Erick Campo
, Diego Casas
, Dennis Rudas

Universidad del Norte
Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar
Instituto de Ecología A.C. Xalapa 91070
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Universidad de la Costa

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From a comprehensive diagnosis of the associated basins, islands, and wetlands of the coastal lagoon system of Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombia, this work describes feasible options for the recovery of its ecosystem's health and ecological resilience. Firstly, the state of the coastal lagoon was assessed, finding that hydrology, wave climate, and the morphological changes of the coastline explain recent changes in the coastal wetlands. Key variables were used to describe the level of conservation or degradation of the coastal lagoon system and to identify measures to improve its ecological functions. Finally, to mimic some of these functions and improve connectivity of the ecosystems, green infrastructure alternatives were proposed for the short and medium term to recover the services of these ecosystems and restore their resilience.

Original language	English
Article number	1513
Journal	Water (Switzerland)
Volume	12
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/w12051513
State	Published - 01 May 2020

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Keywords

Basins
Ecosystem-based management
Erosion
Green infrastructure
Morphological changes
River flows
Sediments

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Rivillas-Ospina, G., Maza-Chamorro, M. A., Restrepo, S., Lithgow, D., Silva, R., Sisa, A., Vargas, A., Sarmiento, J. P., Caes, J., Bolivar, M., Del Rio, R., Campo, E., Casas, D., & Rudas, D. (2020). Alternatives for recovering the ecosystem services and resilience of the Salamanca Island Natural Park, Colombia. Water (Switzerland), 12(5), Article 1513. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12051513

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