| ABSTRACT An analysis of representativeness of marine and coastal ecosystems was carried out in the 18 Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) administered by the System of National Natural Parks of Colombia (SPNN) and their changes in 2020 compared to 2010. The Caribbean increased the representativeness of mangroves, seagrasses, sedimentary bottoms, and saline beaches. In the Pacific, estuaries representativeness, sedimentary bottoms, mangroves, intertidal mudflats, sandy beaches, and seamounts increased. Deep-sea corals were included as a new ecosystem for the SPNN. From the representativeness ranges determined for this analysis, it was found that the only ecosystem with no representativeness (0 %) (Deep-sea corals) became overrepresented (≥ 60 %). The number of... |
