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Areal Changes of Lentic Water Bodies Within an Agricultural Basin of the Argentinean Pampas. Disentangling Land Management from Climatic Causes

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  • Gisel Carolina Booman

    (Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas)

  • Mirta Calandroni

    (Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias)

  • Pedro Laterra

    (Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias)

  • Fabián Cabria

    (Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias)

  • Oscar Iribarne

    (Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas)

  • Pablo Vázquez

    (Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, EEA Guillermo Covas Anguil)

Abstract

Wetland loss is a frequent concern for the environmental management of rural landscapes, but poor disentanglement between climatic and land management causes frequently constrains both proper diagnoses and planning. The aim of this study is to address areal changes induced by non-climatic factors on lentic water bodies (LWB) within an agricultural basin of the Argentinean Pampas, and the human activities that might be involved. The LWB of the Mar Chiquita basin (Buenos Aires province, Argentina) were mapped using Landsat images from 1998–2008 and then corrected for precipitation variability by considering the regional hydrological status on each date. LWB areal changes were statistically and spatially analyzed in relation to land use changes, channelization of streams, and drainage of small SWB in the catchment areas. We found that 12 % of the total LWB in the basin had changed (P

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  • Gisel Carolina Booman & Mirta Calandroni & Pedro Laterra & Fabián Cabria & Oscar Iribarne & Pablo Vázquez, 2012. "Areal Changes of Lentic Water Bodies Within an Agricultural Basin of the Argentinean Pampas. Disentangling Land Management from Climatic Causes," Environmental Management, Springer, vol. 50(6), pages 1058-1067, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:envman:v:50:y:2012:i:6:d:10.1007_s00267-012-9943-1
    DOI: 10.1007/s00267-012-9943-1
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