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Atlantic Forest and Lacustrine System of the middle Rio Doce - Brazil
Atlantic Forest and Lacustrine System of the middle Rio Doce - Brazil
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Site Name:
Atlantic Forest and Lacustrine System of the middle Rio Doce
Site Code:
Site 4 of the LTER
Web Address:
Parque Estadual do Rio Doce Research Site
Country (Site Location):
Brazil
LTER Member Network:
Brazil (LTER Program)
Contact: Site Manager:
Francisco Barbosa
General Site Description:
The LTER project in the middle Rio Doce watershed, Southeast Brazil, calls attention to the importance of the system (> 150 lakes) and mantaining a considerable part of the original Atlantic Forest, one of the world’s most diverse and threatened ecosystem: 260 mammals species of which 30% are protected within the Rio Doce State Park together with 325 bird species and nothing less than 7 Primates!, 20,000 plant species of which 1,129 within the Rio Doce Park. The site is located within the "Steel Valley" and surrounded by 19 municipalities which represent a considerable source of pressures together
with extense Eucalyptus spp plantations, mining, exotic species and abandoned pastureland.
UUID:
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General Characteristics, Purpose, History
Metadata provider:
Francisco Barbosa
Diego Pujoni
Site Status:
existing
Year Site Established:
1976
Size :
35 970.00ha
Purpose of Site :
Function both as a Conservation Unity and a in situ laboratory. As a Conservation Unity, the site has the purpose to protect regional biodiversity and sustain important ecological processes in a highly impacted biome. As in situ laboratory, the site has the purpose to function as a case study in order to discover and study ecological processes in tropical environments, and for developing and testing management strategies.
Research Topics:
biology
chemistry
conservation
ecology
limnology
management
Parameters:
ecosystem measure
population and community properties
community composition
diversity measure
biotic diversity
species composition
species richness
species diversity
nitrogen content
ammonium content
ammonium nitrate concentration
ammonium nitrogen content
leaf area
leaf area index
percent carbon
percent organic carbon
nutrients
dissolved nutrients
inorganic nutrients
respiration rates
total organic carbon
ecosystem structures
abiotic environment
abiotic heterogeneity
forest structure
canopy gaps
above ground net primary production
detritus
detritus cycle
biological measure
plant height
experimental measure
experimental design type
landscape measure
land cover
landscape fragmentation
landscape connectivity
water measure
acidity of water
alkalinity of water
chlorophyll content of water
conductivity
specific conductivity
depth
secchi depth
dissolved organic carbon in water
PAR (Photosynthetic Active Radiation)
diffuse photosynthetically active radiation
percent carbon
percent organic carbon
redox
total organic carbon
turbidity
water level
lake level
water quality
suspended solids
water temperature
lake temperature
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Geographic
Coordinates:
Latitude: -19.683300000000
Longitude: -42.550900000000
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