Ecological Transformation and Territorial Synergies in the hermosillo, Sonora Coastal Strip

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Published: Nov 14, 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17428/rfn.v27i54.580
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territory shrimp farming charcoal production coastal fisheries Hermosillo coast

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Hugo César DE LA TORRE VALDEZ
Independent consultor / Part time professor
Sergio Alfonso SANDOVAL GODOY
Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo

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This article discusses the territorial implications generated by three productive activities in the Hermosillo, sonora coastal strip: charcoal production, harvesting of marine species, and shrimp farms. Data were obtained through semi-structured interviews and the generation of a complex database. The results indicate a loss of mesquite ecosystems, an increased denuding of rangeland, wide variation in the catch of various species in coastal f isheries, complete loss of vegetation in some places, and a change in the hydrology in aquaculture zones. F inally, the article analyzes a set of synergies that positively articulate the three activities in some cases, but generate unhealthy competition in others.

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DE LA TORRE VALDEZ, H. C., & SANDOVAL GODOY, S. A. (2016). Ecological Transformation and Territorial Synergies in the hermosillo, Sonora Coastal Strip. Frontera Norte, 27(54), 143–170. https://doi.org/10.17428/rfn.v27i54.580
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Vol. 27 No. 54 (2015): julio-diciembre, 2015
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Notas

* Text and quotations originally written in spanish.

Mesquite scrubland (Prosopis spp.) has the presence of ironwood (Olneya tesota) and palo verde (Cercidium spp.). The class "without apparent vegetation and not applicable" was grouped together as areas without the presence of vegetation and anthropogenic character. Scrubland includes: crasicaul, microphyllous scrubland, sarcocrasicaul, and sarcocaul. Halophiles include: mangrove, hydrophylic halophiles, and xerophytes.

The area occupied by aquaculture was digitized with an Aster 2010 satellite image. Considered in this analysis was the INF Series II, which did not address aquaculture areas and where the types of removed environments can be seen. infland-use classes were adjusted.

The types of vegetation correspond to saline vegetation, cacti, and mesquite in dense patches, scrubland zones in environments with disperse vegetation and without apparent vegetation; bare soils in zones of water retention and discharge of runoff.

There are currently no aquaculture projects that deposit their discharges out into the water; all use the beachfront for their drains.

The comparative advantages were the axis that propitiated an ad hoc environment for the requirements of the producers, as well as competitive improvements in technology.

Resilience is the property of a system to adapt to shocks of a varied nature in a context of continuous change, conserving its structure and functionality.

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