Rosario and San Bernardo Corals National Natural Park
Parque Nacional Natural Corales del Rosario y San Bernardo | |
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Rosario and San Bernardo Corals National Natural Park | |
Islas del Rosario 09°45′N 75°51′W / 9.750°N 75.850°W Islas de San Bernardo | |
Area | 1,200 km2 (460 sq mi) |
Established | May 1977[1] |
Governing body | SINAP |
The Rosario and San Bernardo Corals National Natural Park (
Most of the park is underwater[3] and it mainly protects marine ecosystems, including coral reefs[4] living on depths ranging from one to 30 meters.[5]
General
It is Colombia's only underwater park,[5] and one of three national parks in the Colombian Caribbean with coral reefs on its territories, the other two being Tayrona and Old Providence McBean Lagoon.[6]
It was established in 1977 to protect the coral reef on one of the islands in the
The park is molded by the Caribbean and Panama currents, as well as freshwater from the Canal del Dique.[8] Sediments brought from Magdalena River by the channel is having a negative effect of the park, as it deteriorates the reef.[8] There are no bodies of freshwater in the park, but there is brackish water in some of the lagoons on the islands.[3] Average yearly temperature is 27–30 °C.[4]
Flora and fauna
Most of the wildlife is marine.[3] The park is home to 170 species of fish,[5] 52 corals, 25 sponges, hundreds of molluscs and crustaceans.[9] The flora is characterized by mangroves and seagrass beds.[10]
References
Citations
- ^ IUCN 1982, p. 148
- ^ "Parque Corales del Rosario es el más visitado en Colombia" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
- ^ a b c "Naturaleza y Ciencia del Parque Nacional Natural Corales del Rosario y San Bernardo" (in Spanish). Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
- ^ a b "Parque Nacional Natural Corales del Rosario y San Bernardo" (in Spanish). Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
- ^ Terra Networks. Archived from the originalon 2 January 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
- ^ Cortés 2003, p. 296
- ^ Restrepo Ángel 2005, p. 238
- ^ a b Villegas & Sesana 2007, p. 77
- ^ Woods 2008, p. 49
- ^ Restrepo Ángel 2005, p. 236
References
- ISBN 978-0-907567-62-2.
- Restrepo Ángel, Juan Darío (2005), Los sedimentos del río Magdalena: reflejo de la crisis ambiental (in Spanish), Universidad Eafit, ISBN 978-958-8173-90-0.
- Villegas, Benjamin; Sesana, Laura (2007), Colombia Natural Parks, Villegas Asociados, ISBN 978-958-8156-87-3.
- Cortés, Jorge (2003), Latin American coral reefs, Gulf Professional Publishing, ISBN 978-0-444-51388-5.
- Woods, Sarah (2008), Colombia, Bradt Travel Guides, ISBN 978-1-84162-242-2.