The Rio Cruces wetland, Valdivia, Chile: an ecosystemic synthesis

Delgado, LE; Tironi, A; Vila, I.; Verardi, G; Ibáñez C; Aguero, B.; Marin, VH

Keywords: chile, egeria densa, black-necked swans, suspended solids, conceptual model, rio cruces wetland, clear-cut forestry

Abstract

We review in this article the 2004-2014 scientific information on the Rio Cruces wetland ecosystem, Valdivia, Chile. This information is used in the generation of a conceptual ecosystem model, which is used in turn to generate a synthetic hypothesis about the regime shift during 2004/2005. The model is based on the concentration of suspended solids in the wetland as controlling variable, affected by watershed processes (e.g., clear-cut forestry) and re-suspension of sediments in the wetland affected by the presence or absence of macrophytes.

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Título según WOS: The Rio Cruces wetland, Valdivia, Chile: an ecosystemic synthesis
Título según SCOPUS: The Río Cruces wetland, Valdivia, Chile: An ecosystemic synthesis [El humedal del Río Cruces, Valdivia, Chile: Una síntesis ecosistémica]
Título de la Revista: LATIN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AQUATIC RESEARCH
Volumen: 42
Número: 5
Editorial: UNIV CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO
Fecha de publicación: 2014
Página de inicio: 937
Página final: 949
Idioma: Spanish
DOI:

10.3856/vol42-issue5-fulltext-1

Notas: ISI, SCOPUS