Guaraqueçaba Ecological Station ( pt, Estação Ecológica de Guaraqueçaba) is an ecological station in the municipality of

Guaraqueçaba Guaraqueçaba is the easternmost municipality in the Brazilian state of Paraná, and one of the few coastal municipalities of the state. The short Ararapira River marks the border with São Paulo. Guaraqueçaba has historical significance, being ...

, Paraná, Brazil.

Location

The Guaraqueçaba ecological station with an area of was established on 31 May 1982. It is in the coastal marine biome. It is administered by the

Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation The Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (Portuguese: ''Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade'', ICMBio) is the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment's administrative arm."Brazilian Federal Law 11.516/2007 (Por ...

. It lies within the

municipality of the state of Paraná. The ecological reserve is fully contained in the Guaraqueçaba Environmental Protection Area (Área de Proteção Ambiental de Guaraqueçaba). It is part of the Lagamar mosaic.

Environment

The region is a flat area of unconsolidated sediment of continental and marine origins. The highest point is above sea level. The conservation unit is in the Benito creek at the confluence of the mouths of the Tagaçaba and

Serra Negra Serra Negra is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It belongs to the meso-region of Campinas. Population (2020) was 29,452 inhabitants. Total area: 203,5 km2, demographic density: 112 inhabitants/km2 Location The name of th ...

rivers, the Itaqui creek at the confluence of the mouths of the Pacotuva and Boquaçu rivers, and in the mouths of the Guaraqueçaba, Poruquara, Birigui and Sabuí rivers. There are numerous channels and black water pools between these estuaries. The unit covers areas of mangroves to the west of the Baía dos Pinheiros, to the north of the Baía de Guaraqueçaba and to the west of the Enseada do Benito, as well as the islands of Laranjeiras, Rabelo, Pavoçá, Sambaqui, Bananas and Galheta. The station lies in the humid tropical zone with high rainfall, particularly from February to April. Average rainfall is . Temperatures range from with an average of . The vegetation is Atlantic rain forest, transitional forests and mangroves. The

Rhizophora mangle ''Rhizophora mangle'', the red mangrove, is distributed in Estuary, estuarine ecosystems throughout the tropics. Its Vivipary, viviparous "seeds", in actuality called propagules, become fully mature plants before dropping off the parent tree. Th ...

Laguncularia racemosa ''Laguncularia racemosa'', the white mangrove, is a species of flowering plant in the leadwood tree family, Combretaceae. It is native to the coasts of western Africa from Senegal to Cameroon, the Atlantic Coast of the Americas from Bermuda and ...

and

Avicennia schaueriana ''Avicennia'' is a genus of flowering plants currently placed in the bear's breeches family, Acanthaceae. It contains mangrove trees, which occur in the intertidal zones of estuarine areas and are characterized by its "pencil roots", which are a ...

are the main trees of the mangrove, and flower from March to October. They are arranging into clearly defined zones, with the Rhizophora mangle closest to the river margin. In addition to fish and birds, there are many species of crustaceans, molluscs and other invertebrates in the mangroves.

Conservation

The Ecological Station is a "strict nature reserve" under

IUCN protected area category IUCN protected area categories, or IUCN protected area management categories, are categories used to classify protected areas in a system developed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The enlisting of such areas is part ...

Ia. The station was created to preserve the mangrove and island ecosystem, protect endangered species, maintain gene banks and support scientific research. The

Red-tailed amazon The red-tailed amazon (''Amazona brasiliensis''), also known as the red-tailed parrot, is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae. It is endemic to coastal regions in the south-east Brazilian states of São Paulo (state), São Paulo and Para ...

(Amazona brasiliensis) is a protected species in the station. File:Mapa da Área de Proteção Ambiental de Guaraqueçaba.jpg, Guaraqueçaba Environmental Protection Area (Large red outline) and conservation units and communities it includes File:Guaraqueçaba, Paraná, Brasil - 05.jpg, Boat on the estuary

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