INLAND WET AREAS, ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND PREDICTIVE MODELING: AN INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT IN SPRINGS OF A TROPICAL WATER BASIN
Continental ecosystems; sedimentological analysis; hydrogeochemistry; future scenarios; nature conservation.
Considered inland wetlands and natural ecohydrogeological systems essential to the water security of ecological and human communities, springs, which are influenced by underground and surface terrestrial dynamics, have been identified as one of the key ecosystems for conservation on a global scale. From this perspective, the thesis proposal presented is based on the premise of understanding the provision of water supply services in springs in the Trairi River Watershed (PB/RN), seeking, fundamentally, to classify these ecosystems, analyze their sedimentological, hydrogeochemical and its consequences in the provision of ecosystem services, as well as establishing the spatial-temporal dynamics of forest fragments, with the development of predictive modeling. Given its originality, this multi-proxy theoretical-methodological vision, with a diagnostic and prognostic character, proves to be a robust alternative to the construction of a territorial management and planning instrument in these Permanent Protection Areas (APP). Therefore, this qualification report has as a product the topics of Introduction, Theoretical Foundation (Chapter 1), Physiographic Context of the Study Area (Chapter 2), Methodology (Chapter 3), and Results and Discussions (Chapter 4), presenting them if subtopic 4.1. Classification of Inland Wet Areas of springs in the Trairi River Watershed (PB/RN), as well as the others with the next stages of the research to be constructed.