Guía ilustrada para la identificación de plantas acuáticas en humedales de Tabasco
This Ilustrated Field Guide to the Aquatic Plants of Tabasco has been developed to assist in efforts to conduct regular aquatic vegetation monitoring at Tabasco wetlands. Tabasco state presents a complex and highly diverse number of wetlands such as palustrine, coastal, lacustrine and riberine wetlands, covering the 27% of the total surface. These aquatic ecosystems provides an habitat for a high biodiversity of faunal communitites with ecological and economical importance. Furthermore, this area is important also in hidrological features associated to a high diversity of fauna and plants, whereas 23% of national vertebrate biodiversity and 53% of freshwater wetlands are presented. Palustrine wetlands of Tabasco and Campeche are considered the biggest swamp ecosystems in the country, and the most important reserve of aquatic plants of the Mesoamerican region.
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Format: | Texto biblioteca |
Language: | spa |
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Villahermosa, Tabasco, México El Colegio de la Frontera Sur
2013
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Subjects: | Plantas acuáticas, Humedales, Guías de selección de plantas, Frosur, |
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Summary: | This Ilustrated Field Guide to the Aquatic Plants of Tabasco has been developed to assist in efforts to conduct regular aquatic vegetation monitoring at Tabasco wetlands. Tabasco state presents a complex and highly diverse number of wetlands such as palustrine, coastal, lacustrine and riberine wetlands, covering the 27% of the total surface. These aquatic ecosystems provides an habitat for a high biodiversity of faunal communitites with ecological and economical importance. Furthermore, this area is important also in hidrological features associated to a high diversity of fauna and plants, whereas 23% of national vertebrate biodiversity and 53% of freshwater wetlands are presented. Palustrine wetlands of Tabasco and Campeche are considered the biggest swamp ecosystems in the country, and the most important reserve of aquatic plants of the Mesoamerican region. |
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