A new morphometric study of Carioca Lake, Parque Estadual do Rio Doce (PERD), Minas Gerais State, Brazil - DOI: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v32i1.4990

Carioca Lake is located within the limits of the Rio Doce State Park, in the eastern part of the state of Minas Gerais. This park, one of the largest natural reserves of the Atlantic Rain Forest in Brazil, is a hotspot of tropical biodiversity. The purpose of this study was to update existing inform...

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Autores: Bezerra-Neto, José Fernandes, Briguenti, Ludmila Silva, Pinto-Coelho, Ricardo Motta
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)
Repositorio:Acta Scientiarum Biological Sciences
Idioma:portugués
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OAI Identifier:oai:periodicos.uem.br/ojs:article/4990
Acceso en línea:http://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/article/view/4990
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Carioca Lake
Bathymetry
Morphometric parameters
Mapping
bathymetry
morphometric parameters
mapping
Limnologia física
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Sumario:Carioca Lake is located within the limits of the Rio Doce State Park, in the eastern part of the state of Minas Gerais. This park, one of the largest natural reserves of the Atlantic Rain Forest in Brazil, is a hotspot of tropical biodiversity. The purpose of this study was to update existing information on the bathymetry and morphometric features of the lake, using differential GPS (DGPS) technology for data collection, coupled to a digital echo sounder. The bathymetry was based on the acquisition of 1106 points, where the depths as well as the geographic coordinates were obtained. The new study allowed the refinement of existing primary and secondary morphometric data for this lake.