Estudio de cuerpos lénticos en el escenario de cambio climático, una mirada a Colombia

Abstract

The weather situation that is currently presented implies a disorder in the hydrological cycle, and with this, alterations in the lentic bodies of water. It has been established that wetlands and lakes present a high vulnerability to climatic changes that represent a risk to the planetary equilibrium and the communities that makes use of their offered services. In addition to climate pressure, these ecosystems have been strongly influenced by the different anthropic activities, which lack adequate regulation and management system that guarantees the sustainability of resource. In general, it has observed the considerable reduction of wetland coverage in the world and nowadays the need to study its response to methane production in relation to the temperature increase is evident. On the other hand, lakes around the world have an alteration in the behavior of their thermal stratification, leading to a variation in the concentration in the nutrients and dissolved oxygen levels, a threat mainly to benthic biota. Below is a general study of a current situation of the lentic bodies and their relationship with climate change, finally making a brief reflection of the Colombian case.