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MAYAMON
Site CD 1
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| Location:
BELIZE:
Cayo District; Mile 8 on the Mountain Pine Ridge Road. |
| Vegetation
Formation: Karst
Hills Forest |
| Description:
This
is a small, shaded, manmade pond in secondary forest. It has been monitored
by Jan Meerman since 1997. |
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MAYAMON
Site CD 2
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| Location:
BELIZE:
Cayo District; Mile 8, Mountain Pine Ridge Road |
| Vegetation
Formation: Karst
Hills Forest |
| Description:
This
is a large, manmade pond in an open pasture. It has been monitored by Jan
Meerman since 1997. |
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MAYAMON
Site CD 11
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| Location:
BELIZE:
Cayo District; Hummingbird Highway, ca. 10 mi S. of Belmopan. |
| Vegetation
Formation:
Semi-evergreen Seasonal Forest |
| Description:
This is a forest pool that fills with water only during the rainy season,
to a depth of four feet in the center. There are many trees (30-40 ft.)
and overhanging plants. There is a lower vegetation layer, and the trees
do not lose their leaves during the dry season. This site has been monitored
by Carol Foster since 1997. It was partially covered by dirt from highway
reconstruction during 1998. |
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MAYAMON
Site CD 12
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| Location:
BELIZE:
Cayo District; Hummingbird Highway, ca. 10 mi S of Belmopan |
| Vegetation
Formation: Semi-evergreen
Seasonal Forest |
| Description:
This
is a pool at the forest’s edge that fills with water only during the rainy
season. It is surrounded by a mixture of secondary growth trees and grasses
that have grown off the edge of the highway. This site has been monitored
by Carol Foster in 1997. The pond was totally covered by dirt from highway
reconstruction during 1998. |
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MAYAMON
Site CD 13
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| Location:
BELIZE:
Cayo District; Hummingbird Highway, ca. 10 mi S. of Belmopan |
| Vegetation
Formation:
Semi-evergreen
Seasonal Forest |
| Description:
This
was a forest pool that filled with water only during the rainy season.
The forest is dominated by many palm trees, with lower forest vegetation.
It has been monitored by Carol Foster since 1997. |
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MAYAMON
Site CD 14
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| Location:
BELIZE:
Cayo District; Hummingbird Highway, ca. 10 mi S. of Belmopan |
| Vegetation
Formation: Semi-evergreen
Seasonal Forest |
| Description:
This
is a seasonal pool, 84 meters in circumference, with a few large trees
around it. It was selected to replace CD 12, destroyed in 1998, and was
monitored by Carol Foster in 1998. |
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MAYAMON
Site CD 20
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| Location:
BELIZE:
Cayo District; Millionario, 16° 45' N, 89° 00' W |
| Vegetation
Formation: Semi-evergreen
Seasonal Forest |
| Description:
This
is a permanent, manmade pond at the site of an abandoned logging camp.
It is rectangular in outline, ~ 42 X 19 meters, with a limestone base.
The pond was formed by the removal of road-building material, and is bordered
on one side by broadleaf forest and on the other by a reed bed. It has
been monitored since 1998 by personnel from the Las Cuevas Biological Station,
under the supervision of Chris Minty. |
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MAYAMON
Site OD 1
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| Location:
BELIZE:
Orange Walk District; Xibal Pond, along the road between Gallon Jug and
Sylvester Village, 17° 34.250' N, 89° 4.285' W |
| Vegetation
Formation: Semi-evergreen
Seasonal Forest |
| Description:
This
is a wetland, part of the Laguna Seca-Laguna Verde wetlands system, dominated
by grasses and sedges. It is within a Sapote-Silion forest, with mahogany,
spice, mylady, ramon, and give-and-taker palms. The soils are well- drained,
gravelly, with brownish-grey clay on slopes. This site has been monitored
by Carolyn and Bruce Miller since 1997. |
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MAYAMON
Site OD 2
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| Location:
BELIZE:
Orange Walk District; along the road between Gallon Jug and Sylvester Village,
17° 34.181' N, 89° 4.053' W |
| Vegetation
Formation: Semi-evergreen
Seasonal Forest |
| Description:
This
is an ephemeral stream along a coffee plantation. The vegetation northwards
for ~ 250 meters is a coffee understory with a forest overstory, beyond
which is a cornfield. To the south is mowed grass for ~ 50 meters to the
roadbed. The stream averages no more than 1 meter in width and no more
than 1 meter deep, and is normally filled with running water during the
rainy season. The forest is known locally as "alkalche", with a level canopy,
12-20 feet high. Most tree species lose their leaves during the dry season,
when much light reaches the ground. The top few inches of soil are pale-grey
in color, suggesting that most humus has been oxidized and the nutrients
lost. Epiphytes and ground sedges are common. This site has been monitored
by Carolyn and Bruce Miller since 1997. |
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MAYAMON
Site OD 3
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| Location:
BELIZE:
Orange Walk District; Tapir Hole, east of Gallon Jug on the road to Laguna
Seca, 17° 35.491' N, 89° 2.879' W |
| Vegetation
Formation: Semi-evergreen
Seasonal Forest |
| Description:
Apparently
an old Maya "aguada", 35-50 meters across in all directions. Normally holds
water year-round, but was dry in June 1997. Sapote-Ramon- Spice forest,
with mahogany, turtlebone, cabbage bark, give-and take palm, and thatch
palm. Soils are fairly deep grey-brown clays. This site has been monitored
by Carolyn and Bruce Miller since 1997. |
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MAYAMON
Site OD 4
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| Location:
BELIZE:
Orange Walk District; Laguna Seca Peninsula, 17° 38.098' N, 89°
2.128' W |
| Vegetation
Formation:
Semi-evergreen
Seasonal Forest |
| Description:The
Laguna Seca wetlands stretch for about 9 km north to south, eventually
including spring-fed Laguna Verde and Xibal Pond. The survey area is a
peninsula with open water to the north (1-5 m deep), and shallow, vegetation-clogged
water to the south. The peninsula has been underbrushed, leaving the canopy
trees intact. During 1995, the north side dried completely for the first
time in recent memory. Sapote-Silion forest, with mahogany, mylady, ramon,
and give-and-take palm. Soils are well-drained, gravelly, with brownish-greyclays
on slopes. This site has been monitored by Carolyn and Bruce Miller
since 1997. |
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MAYAMON
Site QR 1
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| Location:
MEXICO: State of Quintana Roo; Municipality of Othon Pompeyo Blanco, Raudales,
~ 4 m , 18° 42' 25" N, 88° 15' 20" W |
| Vegetation
Formation: Coastal
Lagoons and Marshes |
| Description:
100 meter section of a stream (both banks), with a slow current, clear
water, ` 80 cm deep. Joins Laguna Guerrero next to a small village. Mangrove,
subtropical subdeciduous and secondary forest. Monitored by Rogelio Cedeño
and Humberto Bahena since 1998. |
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MAYAMON
Site QR 2
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| Location:
MEXICO: State of Quintana Roo; Municipality of Othon Pompeyo Blanco, between
Chetumal and Bacalar, ~ 4 m, 18° 31' 46" N, 88° 22' 47" W |
| Vegetation
Formation:
Coastal Lagoons and Marshes |
| Description:
100 meter section of a seasonal pond (aguada) more than 500 m in circumference.
An unfinished road passes through the pond. Savanna, mangrove, and tropical
subdeciduous forest. Monitored by Rogelio Cedeño and René
Calderón since 1998. |
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MAYAMON
Site QR 3
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| Location:
MEXICO: State of Quintana Roo; Municipality of Othon Pompeyo Blanco, between
Chetumal and Bacalar, ~ 8 m, 18° 34' 89" N, 88° 25' 02" W |
| Vegetation
Formation:
Semi-evergreen Seasonal Forest |
| Description:
100 meter section of a stream (both banks), with fast current and clear
water; ~ 80 cm deep. Savanna and secondary forest (acahual);disturbed
environment, with a road and small bridge. Monitored by Rogelio
Cedeño and Renè Calderòn since 1998. |
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MAYAMON
Site QR 4
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| Location:
MEXICO: State of Quintana Roo; Municipality of Othon Pompeyo Blanco, Chetumal
City, ~ 2 m, 18° 29' 57" N, 88° 18' 47" W |
| Vegetation
Formation:
Coastal Lagoons and Marshes |
| Description:
Permanent pond (aguada) less than 500 m in circumference (20-30 m in diameter),
~ 1 m deep with clear water; fish present. Mangrove, aquatic vegetation,
secondary and tropical subdeciduous forest. Pond is between two city streets.
Monitored by Rogelio Cedeño and Gabriela Zacarías de Leon
since 1998. |
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MAYAMON
Site QR 5
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| Location:
MEXICO: State of Quintana Roo; Municipality of Othon Pompeyo Blanco, 4.5
km SE Chetumal, ~ 2 m, 18° 29' 08" N, 88° 21' 25" W |
| Vegetation
Formation:
Coastal Lagoons and Marshes |
| Description:
Section of the shoreline of the Rio Hondo (one bank), ~ 3 m deep. Mangrove
and tropical subdeciduous forest. Monitored by Rogelio Cedeño and
Humberto Bahena since 1998. |
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MAYAMON
Site QR 6
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| Location:
MEXICO: State of Quintana Roo; Municipality of Othon Pompeyo Blanco, 14
km E Chetumal, village of Huay-Pix, ~ 4 m, 18° 30' 44" N, 88° 26'
49" W |
| Vegetation
Formation:
Coastal Lagoons and Marshes |
| Description:
Section of shoreline of freshwater swamp between 100 and 200 meters in
length, beside the Chetumal-Bacalar Highway. Mangrove, secondary
and tropical subdeciduous forest. Monitored by Rogelio Cedeño and
Gabriela Zacarías de Leon since 1998. |
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MAYAMON
Site QR 7
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| Location:
MEXICO: State of Quintana Roo; Municipality of Othon Pompeyo Blanco, Rancho
Buenos Aires, 500 m NE of Subtienente López, 18° 30' 12" N,
88° 23' 01" W |
| Vegetation
Formation:
Coastal Lagoons
and Marshes |
| Description:
Section of a permanent pond (Aguada Buenos Aires) more than 500 m in circumference
(~ 800 m in diameter);1 m deep in the dry season. Savanna, mangrove, and
tropical subdeciduous forest. Monitored by Rogelio Cedeño and Gabriela
Zacarías de Leon since 1998. |
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MAYAMON
Site QR 8
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| Location:
MEXICO: State of Quintana Roo; Playa del Carmen, 0 m, 20° 37' 05" N,
87° 23' 01" W |
| Vegetation
Formation: Semi-evergreen
Seasonal Forest |
| Description:
Selva
mediana subperennifolia, en un terreno rocoso, con una copa de suela delgada;
bien drenado. Conformado de rejolladas y de 3 cenotes muy cercanos uno
el otro. Monitored by Javier Gonzáles, Blanco Domínguez,
and Francisco Camacho since 1998. |
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MAYAMON
Site QR 9
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| Location:
MEXICO: State of Quintana Roo; Huay-Pix Village, 14 km N of Chetumal |
| Vegetation
Formation: |
| Description:
Seasonal pool at the edge of the Chetumal-Bacalar Highway. Monitored by
Rogelio Cedeño and Gabriela Zacarías de Leon since 1998. |
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MAYAMON
Site TD 1
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| Location:
BELIZE:
Toledo District; Belize Foundation for Research and Environmental Education,
18° 33' 00" N, 88°47' 00" W |
| Vegetation
Formation: Tropical
Evergreen Forest |
| Description:
150 meter section of a canal that emerges from a spring; 3-5 m in width.
Runs about 800 m to empty into a low, swampy, forested area. Seasonal,
varying from 6"-12" deep in the wet season, to patchy in the dry
season. Canopy trees 20-30 m, including breadnut, copal, kaway, ceiba,
fig, and cojotun. Canal may be of ancient Maya origin. |
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PHOTO AVAILABLE] |
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MAYAMON
Site TD 2
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| Location:
BELIZE:
Toledo District; Belize Foundation for Research and Environmental Education,
18° 33' 30" N, 88°42' 00"W |
| Vegetation
Formation: Tropical
Evergreen Forest |
| Description:
150 meter section of shoreline of a small lagoon, approximately 800 m in
length and 25-40 m in width. Waterway periodically choked with aquatic
vegetation, creating a series of open water with grassy, choked areas between.
Tiny islands occur within the lagoon in the form of kaway tree stands laden
with mosses, orchids, and bromeliads. Surrounded by broadleaf forest with
patches of pine stands and thicket (broken ridge) to the north and east. |
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MAYAMON
Site TD 3
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| Location:
BELIZE:
Toledo District; Belize Foundation for Research and Environmental Education,
18° 34' 00" N, 88°43' 00"W |
| Vegetation
Formation: Tropical
Evergreen Forest |
| Description:
150 meter section of stream which flows off the granitic slopes of the
Maya Mountains. Stream flows for 3-4 miles, winding in a southerly
direction until it joins the Bladen Branch. Study site is at least 150
m before the stream joins the river. Dry during the months of February
to June, except for deep spots which sometimes retain water throughout
the dry season. During the months of June-January it flows continuously,
with depths up to 1 meter. Varies in width from 3-8 meters. Little or no
forest disturbance in the surrounding area. |
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