| ABSTRACT Coastal lagoons are a focus of primary production and a refuge for biodiversity due to their relative confinement and low depth. La Escollera is a human-made coastal lagoon in El Rodadero, Santa Marta (Colombian Caribbean), excavated in the early 1980s to hold a marina and its fringes planted with mangroves. To generate a baseline of physical variables that contribute to the nderstanding of water circulation and its influence on ecosystem attributes, salinity, temperature, sea level and light penetration data are outinely obtained through electronic recorders and handheld sensors. Salinity and temperature data from January 2017 to February 2018 ollowed the seasonal pattern of the open sea in the Santa Marta area, alternating between lower... |
