Adapting a rapid assessment protocol to environmentally assess palm swamp (Veredas) springs in the Cerrado biome,Brazil |
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| Authors: | Ariane Guimarães Aline Sueli de Lima Rodrigues Guilherme Malafaia |
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| Institution: | 1.Programa de Pós-Gradua??o em Recursos Naturais do Cerrado,Universidade Estuadual de Goiás,Anápolis,Brazil;2.Programa de Pós-Gradua??o em Conserva??o de Recursos Naturais do Cerrado, Laboratório de Pesquisas Biológicas,Instituto Federal Goiano – Campus Urutaí,Urutaí,Brazil;3.Programa de Pós-Gradua??o em Biodiversidade Animal,Universidade Federal de Goiás - Campus Samambaia,Goiania,Brazil;4.Laboratório de Pesquisas Biológicas,Instituto Federal Goiano,Urutaí,Brazil |
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| Abstract: | The exploitation and degradation of natural environments exert intense pressure on important ecosystems worldwide. Thus, it is necessary developing or adapting assessment methods to monitor environmental changes and to generate results to be applied to environmental management programs. The Brazilian Veredas (phytophysiognomies typical to the Cerrado biome) are threatened by several human activities; thus, the aim of the present study is to adapt a rapid assessment protocol (RAP) to be applied to Veredas springs, by using the upper course of the Vai-e-Vem stream watershed (Ipameri County, Goiás State, Brazil). Therefore, several springs in the study site were visited and 11 of them were considered Veredas springs. After the RAP was adapted, the instrument was validated and used to environmentally assess the springs in order to demonstrate its applicability. The present study has provided an instrument of option to monitor Veredas springs. |
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