Utilizing SAR imagery and aquatic vegetation to map fresh and brackish lakes in the Brazilian Pantanal wetland

2006 ◽  
Vol 105 (3) ◽  
pp. 204-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maycira P.F. Costa ◽  
Kevin H. Telmer
2011 ◽  
Vol 71 (1 suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 255-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
VJ. Pott ◽  
A. Pott ◽  
LCP. Lima ◽  
SN. Moreira ◽  
AKM. Oliveira

This is a short review of the state of the art concerning diversity of aquatic macrophytes and the main aquatic vegetation types in the Brazilian Pantanal wetland and upper watershed. There are ca. 280 species of aquatic macrophytes on the Pantanal floodplain, with scarce endemism. On the upper watershed, Cerrado wetlands (veredas) and limestone springs have a distinct flora from the Pantanal, with twice the species richness. As a representative case of aquatic habitats influenced by river flood, some primary data are presented for the Pantanal Matogrossense National Park and associated Acurizal Preserve, analysing the floristic similarity among aquatic vegetation types. We comment on problems of conservation and observe that Panicum elephantipes Nees is one of the few natives to compete with the invasive Urochloa arrecta (Hack. ex T. Durand & Schinz) Morrone & Zuloaga.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (03) ◽  
pp. e96-e103
Author(s):  
Daniela Z. de Brito ◽  
Nadla S. Cassemiro ◽  
Jeana M. E. de Souza ◽  
Geraldo A. Damasceno-Junior ◽  
Rodrigo J. Oliveira ◽  
...  

AbstractThe Pantanal wetland harbors a rich flora with uncharted pharmacological potential. This study evaluated 20 Brazilian Pantanal plants against Candida albicans, C. parapsilosis, C. tropicalis, and C. krusei. Fungal susceptibility was determined by agar diffusion and broth microdilution; active compounds were identified by bioautography and HPLC-DAD-MS/MS. Sesbania virgata, Polygala molluginifolia, and Cantinoa mutabilis extracts and their chloroform and ethyl acetate (EtOAc) fractions exhibited the best activity against all Candida species tested. The EtOAc fraction of P. molluginifolia proved to be more efficient in inhibiting C. parapsilosis and C. krusei growth (Minimum inhibitory concentration of 125 and 62.5 μg/mL, respectively). Bioautography of this fraction revealed two active bands, characterized by HPLC-DAD-MS/MS as a mixture of podophyllotoxin derivatives blumenol, besides some flavonoids. This work demonstrated antifungal potential of P. molluginifolia podophyllotoxin derivatives and the versatility of bioautography with HPLC-DAD-MS/MS to identify the bioactive compounds.


2011 ◽  
Vol 71 (1 suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 265-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Pott ◽  
AKM Oliveira ◽  
GA Damasceno-Junior ◽  
JSV Silva

This is a review of current studies in diversity of the flora and main vegetation types in the Brazilian Pantanal. The flora of this wetland, nearly 2,000 species, constitutes a pool of elements of wide distribution and from more or less adjacent phytogeographic provinces, such as Cerrado, dry seasonal forests, Chaco, Amazonia and Atlantic Forest. The most numerous group includes wide-distribution species, mainly herbs, while the second contingent comes from the Cerrado. Endemic plants are rare, numbering only seven. The vegetation of the sedimentary floodplain is a mosaic of aquatics, floodable grasslands, riparian forests, savannas (cerrados), cerrado woodlands, dry forests, and a large area of mono-dominant savannas, and pioneer woodlands. The main vegetation types are briefly described with their characteristic species, and their estimated areas are given according to the latest mapping.


2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 714-721 ◽  
Author(s):  
João B.V. Campos ◽  
Marcos R. André ◽  
Luiz R. Gonçalves ◽  
Carla R. Freschi ◽  
Filipe M. Santos ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ciomara de Souza Miranda ◽  
Antonio Conceição Paranho Filho ◽  
Arnildo Pott

The Brazilian Pantanal wetland undergoes landscape alterations that can cause impacts on hydrological processes, changing the flood pulse. The objective of this work is to analyse the vegetation cover of the Pantanal in the period of 2000, 2008 and 2015, and to make a projection for 2030. Therefore, NDVI from the sensor MODIS was analysed and the transition matrix was calculated by the DINAMICA EGO. The methods adopted were open sources. The results were worrisome, indicating alterations of the vegetation cover of the Pantanal, with an increase of short vegetation (grasslands or pastures) in the evaluated period. The projection pointed out that in 2030 the Brazilian Pantanal wetland area will be covered by 78% of short vegetation and only 14% of dense (arboreal-shrubby) vegetation. The approach can be a useful tool for conservation of the Brazilian Pantanal wetland.


2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabela Cristina Simoni ◽  
M. J. B. Fernandes ◽  
L. M. De M. Camargo ◽  
L. R. Biltoveni ◽  
A. P. Dos S. Manha ◽  
...  

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