Wealth of water resources and its relation to vegetation cover in the Forest Reserve Greece, Alajuela, Costa Rica.
Ecosystems provide various environmental services such as key recharge and ow of the water resource, but they can be damaged by human activity. Understanding vegetation cover allows administrators to predict the effects of such changes on groundwater and the actions needed in ad- ministration. Grecia Forest Reserve is a 2000-hectare zone in Costa Rica that affects eleven settlements in the region. There we measured vegetation cover and water volume in all water springs (N=70). We identified four vegetation groups: secondary forest, scrubland, pasture and pine forest; and an overall mean ow of 1,12 l/s/ha. Most water springs were found in secondary forest, which had the highest vegetation cover; however, scrublands had higher flows.
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oai:revistas.investiga.uned.ac.cr:article12152022-09-02T02:21:37Z Wealth of water resources and its relation to vegetation cover in the Forest Reserve Greece, Alajuela, Costa Rica. Riqueza del recurso hídrico y su relación con la cubierta vegetal en la Reserva Forestal Grecia, Alajuela, Costa Rica Barrantes Barrantes, Edwin Alberto Méndez Estrada, Víctor Hugo Nascent recharge zone aquifers gauging volumetric sys- tem land use. Naciente zona de recarga mantos acuíferos aforar sistema volumétrico uso de suelo Ecosystems provide various environmental services such as key recharge and ow of the water resource, but they can be damaged by human activity. Understanding vegetation cover allows administrators to predict the effects of such changes on groundwater and the actions needed in ad- ministration. Grecia Forest Reserve is a 2000-hectare zone in Costa Rica that affects eleven settlements in the region. There we measured vegetation cover and water volume in all water springs (N=70). We identified four vegetation groups: secondary forest, scrubland, pasture and pine forest; and an overall mean ow of 1,12 l/s/ha. Most water springs were found in secondary forest, which had the highest vegetation cover; however, scrublands had higher flows. Los ecosistemas proporcionan diversos servicios ambientales, entre ellos la recarga de y ujo del recurso hídrico, pero son frágiles y pueden ser dañados por las actividades humanas. Conocer la abundancia y diversidad de la cobertura vegetal permite predecir los efectos y cambios que se generan en aguas subterráneas y las accio- nes necesarias para su adecuado manejo y administración. La Reserva Forestal Grecia es una zona de 2000 hectáreas en Costa Rica que abas- tece de agua a once asentamientos en la región. Medimos la cobertura vegetal y el volumen de agua en todas las fuentes de agua (n = 70). Identificamos cuatro grupos de vegetación: bosque secundario, matorrales, pastos y bosques de pino; y un caudal medio total de 1,12 l / s / ha. La mayoría de las fuentes de agua se encuentran en el bosque secundario, que tiene cobertura vegetal más alta; sin embargo, el área de matorral presento ujos más altos. Universidad Estatal a Distancia, Costa Rica 2016-06-10 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html application/pdf application/pdf https://revistas.uned.ac.cr/index.php/cuadernos/article/view/1215 10.22458/urj.v8i1.1215 UNED Research Journal; Vol. 8 No. 1 (2016); 11-15 UNED Research Journal; Vol. 8 Núm. 1 (2016); 11-15 1659-441X 1659-4266 spa eng https://revistas.uned.ac.cr/index.php/cuadernos/article/view/1215/1275 https://revistas.uned.ac.cr/index.php/cuadernos/article/view/1215/1827 https://revistas.uned.ac.cr/index.php/cuadernos/article/view/1215/1828 https://revistas.uned.ac.cr/index.php/cuadernos/article/view/1215/2876 |
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Ecosystems provide various environmental services such as key recharge and ow of the water resource, but they can be damaged by human activity. Understanding vegetation cover allows administrators to predict the effects of such changes on groundwater and the actions needed in ad- ministration. Grecia Forest Reserve is a 2000-hectare zone in Costa Rica that affects eleven settlements in the region. There we measured vegetation cover and water volume in all water springs (N=70). We identified four vegetation groups: secondary forest, scrubland, pasture and pine forest; and an overall mean ow of 1,12 l/s/ha. Most water springs were found in secondary forest, which had the highest vegetation cover; however, scrublands had higher flows. |
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