Analysis of the Relationship between Anthropogenic Pressures in the Watershed and the State of Contamination of Lake Cocibolca of Nicaragua

The Foundation of Ciudad del Saber and the Nicaraguan Research Center for Aquatic Resources (CIRA/UNAN) initiated a project in April of 2006 with the objective to evaluate the relationship between anthropogenic activities in the watershed and the actual state of contamination in the water of Lake Cocibolca.

The project activities have integrated biological, physical and chemical data of the water of the lake with results of satellite imagery and information collected from the watershed of Lake Cocibolca to accomplish the following 9 results. This report is aimed to summarize the activities completed to attain the given result. The technical results and their interpretation are presented in the appendix and all figures and tables refer to this report (Informe Técnico)

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