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hydrological restoration program, are still lacking. However, the swift recuperation of mangrove forests after occasional strong overflow events of the
Magdalena River gives reason for hope. Once the salinity of the soil and
water column has decreased and the transparency and dissolved oxygen
concentration have increased, mangrove stands are likely to begin to recover and populations of invertebrate and fish should respond rapidly to
the new conditions.
Acknowledgements. The first author greatly thanks M. Sc. John Berry for helping to
improve the manuscript.
References
Bernal G (1996) Caracterizaci6n geomorfol6gica de Ia llanura deltaica del rio Magdalena con enfasis en el sistema lagunar de Ia Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombia.
Bol Invest Mar y Costeras 25:19-48
Botero I, Mancera-Pineda JE (1996) Sintesis de los cambios antr6picos ocurridos en los
ultimos 40 aftos en Ia Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta (Colombia). Rev Acad Col
Cienc Fis, Ex y Nat 20(78):465-474
Botero L, Marshall M (1994) Biodiversity within the living, dying, and dead mangrove
forests of the Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombia. Final Report, Mote Marine
Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida
Bula-Meyer G (1985) Florecimientos nocivos de algas verdes-azules en dos Iagunas del
Departamento del Magdalena. Rev Ing Pesquera 5(1/2):89-99
Cardona PP, Botero L (1995) Litterfall, flowering and fruiting phenology of Avicennia
germinans (L.) in a stressed mangrove forest in the Colombian Caribbean.
Estudio ecol6gico de Ia CGSM-Delta Exterior del Rio Magdalena, vol 1. INVEMAR,
Santa Marta
Catano M, Garz6n-Ferreira SJ (1994) Ecologia tr6fica del sabalo Megalops at/anticus
(Pisces: Megalopidae) en el area de Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta, Caribe Colombiano. Rev Bioi Trop 42(3):673-684
Deeb-Sossa SC (1993) Analisis de sedimentaci6n en algunos caftos de Ia Cienaga Grande
de Santa Marta. Estudios y Asesorias Ing. Consultores, Santafe de Bogota
Hernandez CA (1983) Estado actual de los bancos naturales de Crassostrea rhizophorae
(Guilding, 1828) en el norte de Ia Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta. Thesis, Universidad
Nacional de Colombia, Bogota
Hernandez CA, Gocke K (1990) Productividad primaria en Ia Cienaga Grande de Santa
Marta, Colombia. An Inst Invest Mar, Punta Betin 19/20:101-119
INDERENA-SODEIC (1987) Estudios y diseftos complementarios para Ia construcci6n
de las obras de recuperaci6n de Ia region deltaico-estuarina del Rio Magdalena, en
especial del area del Parque Nacional Isla de Salamanca. Inderena, Bogota
Kaufman R, Hevert F (1973) El regimen fluviometrico del Rio Magdalena y su importancia para Ia Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta. Mitt Inst Colombo-Aleman Invest
Cient Santa Marta Invemar 7:21-137
Kjerfve B (1986) Comparative oceanography of coastal lagoons. In: Wolfe DA (ed) Estuarine variability. Academic Press, New York, pp 63-81
J. Polania et a!.
hydrological restoration program, are still lacking. However, the swift recuperation of mangrove forests after occasional strong overflow events of the
Magdalena River gives reason for hope. Once the salinity of the soil and
water column has decreased and the transparency and dissolved oxygen
concentration have increased, mangrove stands are likely to begin to recover and populations of invertebrate and fish should respond rapidly to
the new conditions.
Acknowledgements. The first author greatly thanks M. Sc. John Berry for helping to
improve the manuscript.
References
Bernal G (1996) Caracterizaci6n geomorfol6gica de Ia llanura deltaica del rio Magdalena con enfasis en el sistema lagunar de Ia Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombia.
Bol Invest Mar y Costeras 25:19-48
Botero I, Mancera-Pineda JE (1996) Sintesis de los cambios antr6picos ocurridos en los
ultimos 40 aftos en Ia Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta (Colombia). Rev Acad Col
Cienc Fis, Ex y Nat 20(78):465-474
Botero L, Marshall M (1994) Biodiversity within the living, dying, and dead mangrove
forests of the Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombia. Final Report, Mote Marine
Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida
Bula-Meyer G (1985) Florecimientos nocivos de algas verdes-azules en dos Iagunas del
Departamento del Magdalena. Rev Ing Pesquera 5(1/2):89-99
Cardona PP, Botero L (1995) Litterfall, flowering and fruiting phenology of Avicennia
germinans (L.) in a stressed mangrove forest in the Colombian Caribbean.
Estudio ecol6gico de Ia CGSM-Delta Exterior del Rio Magdalena, vol 1. INVEMAR,
Santa Marta
Catano M, Garz6n-Ferreira SJ (1994) Ecologia tr6fica del sabalo Megalops at/anticus
(Pisces: Megalopidae) en el area de Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta, Caribe Colombiano. Rev Bioi Trop 42(3):673-684
Deeb-Sossa SC (1993) Analisis de sedimentaci6n en algunos caftos de Ia Cienaga Grande
de Santa Marta. Estudios y Asesorias Ing. Consultores, Santafe de Bogota
Hernandez CA (1983) Estado actual de los bancos naturales de Crassostrea rhizophorae
(Guilding, 1828) en el norte de Ia Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta. Thesis, Universidad
Nacional de Colombia, Bogota
Hernandez CA, Gocke K (1990) Productividad primaria en Ia Cienaga Grande de Santa
Marta, Colombia. An Inst Invest Mar, Punta Betin 19/20:101-119
INDERENA-SODEIC (1987) Estudios y diseftos complementarios para Ia construcci6n
de las obras de recuperaci6n de Ia region deltaico-estuarina del Rio Magdalena, en
especial del area del Parque Nacional Isla de Salamanca. Inderena, Bogota
Kaufman R, Hevert F (1973) El regimen fluviometrico del Rio Magdalena y su importancia para Ia Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta. Mitt Inst Colombo-Aleman Invest
Cient Santa Marta Invemar 7:21-137
Kjerfve B (1986) Comparative oceanography of coastal lagoons. In: Wolfe DA (ed) Estuarine variability. Academic Press, New York, pp 63-81