MORPHOLOGIC AND FITOGEOGRAPHY MODIFICATIONS OF THE SÃO MATEUS RIVER ESTUARY, NORTHEST COAST OF THE ESPÍRITO SANTO STATE, BETWEEN 1970 AND 2008

Authors

  • Cláudia Câmara Vale
  • Jurandyr Luciano Sanches Ross

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7154/RDG.2011.0021.0001

Keywords:

Coastal geomorphology, Mangroves ecosystems, Fluvial and marine processes

Abstract

This article is about a lot of years of research developed in northeast of Espírito Santo state. This work is a part of Master Degree of the first author, complementado de pesquisas atuais. The proposal of this research was analyze the geomorphologic and fitogeographical of the mangroves which that take place on São Mateus River estuary between 1970 a 2008. Realizou-se levantamentos fitossociológicos dos manguezais, levantamento de dados fluviométricos, pluviométricos, sedimentológicos e dados do uso da terra da bacia do rio São Mateus. The result is the integrated analyze of this datas, which main objective was consider the correlations between natural and anthropogenic processes and understand the evolution and  configuration of the estuary and its fitogeographic and morphologic elements, supported  in methodologies   presupposes of Ab'Sáber (1969) and  Ross (1992). The correlation of these elements and  factors from a system view was fundamental for this research.

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Published

2011-07-20

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Vale, C. C., & Ross, J. L. S. (2011). MORPHOLOGIC AND FITOGEOGRAPHY MODIFICATIONS OF THE SÃO MATEUS RIVER ESTUARY, NORTHEST COAST OF THE ESPÍRITO SANTO STATE, BETWEEN 1970 AND 2008. Revista Do Departamento De Geografia, 21, 03-23. https://doi.org/10.7154/RDG.2011.0021.0001