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| Author(s): |
Carlos Alberto Sampaio de Araujo
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto Oceanográfico (IO/DIDC) |
| Defense date: | 2010-12-14 |
| Examining board members: |
Luis Americo Conti;
Teodoro Isnard Ribeiro de Almeida;
Jarbas Bonetti Filho
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| Advisor: | Luis Americo Conti |
| Abstract | |
This work examines the evaluative characteristics of an impacted mangrove system (Santos/São Vicente region, São Paulo State) providing opportunities to assess the cumulative impact of environmental changes and their consequences on the vegetation. To achieve this objective it was tested a methodology of Time Change Detection techniques (TCD) based on the processing of series of 9 Landsat images. It was established a detailed study framework based on the individual mangroves extraction from object oriented classification. Subsequently analysis of vegetation indices values was performed in order to characterize the evolution of the spectral aspects of the mangroves. This work also assessed models of landscape patterns and structure. Other types of data such as High Resolution Satellite images, Aerial photographs and Satellite altimetry were also used to better understand the whole estuarine system. Thus it was also proposed the implementation of a geographically referenced database in a GIS in order to analyze variables which could affect mangrove dynamics. The results of the analysis demonstrated that the area as a whole confirms a tendency of recovering in terms of area and vigor since 1985 until 1999 when it became quite stable showing local variations in terms of recovering and degradation. The overall evaluation of form and shape of the mangrove forests, based in the delimitation of areas and landscape metrics, showed better results when comparing with the Vegetation Indices analysis, which seems quite influenced by the environmental conditions at the time satellite images were taken. (AU) | |