Interactive tools for divulgation of flora diversity from Pateira de Fermentelos

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Mónica Ferreira de
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10773/22359
• topic: Ecologia aplicada; Ecologia vegetal

Pateira de Fermentelos, located in the Aveiro region, is considered one of the largest natural freshwater lagoons of the Iberian Peninsula. This lagoon is an important aquatic and terrestrial ecosystem for the several European birds. It also plays a key role for local and regional population, who carry out numerous agricultural and recreation activities. Nowadays, duo to the industrial activities, the use of pesticides and herbicides in the agricultural crops, the lack of dredging and to the spread of invasive species, the ecological status of the lagoon has been deteriorating. This dissertation intends to contribute to the knowledge and botanical conservation heritage and prospect it in terms of environmental education, by allowing its use as pedagogical and didactic resource. The floristic survey of Pateira de Fermentelos included the aquatic, riparian, ruderal (paths) and forest (surrounding area) habitats. It was performed between October 2015 and may of 2016, using the predefined walking routs (PR1 and PR7). Were registered 170 taxa belonging to 133 genera and 64 families. An herbarium was prepared with all the species collected during the field trips as well as a dichotomous illustrate key to the riparian flora. This key comprises 79 taxa and their respective descriptive sheets in order to create a botanical field guide of Pateira de Fermentelos, that can be used by the public in general and for the educational institutions. The results reveal the existence of a great floristic diversity, characteristic of the identified vegetal communities that is urgent to know and to preserve.