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Rio Tulian near estuary, Honduras
Honduras, Cortés, Omoa
The Rio Tulian, which crosses the Cieneguita town on the coast, has allowed rural inhabitants to obtain certain species of crustaceans and mollusks for their food, it has been little explored by researchers, but it offers a rich local ichthyofauna.
- Submitted by
- Moises Mejia & Juan Ramon Torres
- Approved by
- Juan Miguel Artigas Azas & Jairo Arroyave
- GPS
- 15.7957869, -87.9724350
- Geographical region
- Central America
- Drainage Basin
- North Coast Basin from Cortés
- River catchment
- Rio Cieneguita
- Water body type
- River
- Water body name
- Rio Cieneguita
- Water body part
- Estuary
- Water body course
- Lower course
- Water body: tributary of
- River
- Tributary name
- Rio Limoncito
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Water Chemistry
Water information
- Water type
- brackish-water
- Water color
- Mixed water
- Water transparency
- Medium
- Concentration of sediments
- Medium
- Water temperature
- 28 °C
- Water flow/curent
- Slow
Chemical parameters
- pH
- 7.7
- Conductivity
- 3
- GH
- 250 mg/l
- dGH
- KH
- 80 mg/l
- dKH
- Dissolved Oxygen
- 8.0 %
Substrate in nature
- Sand
- Beige
- Pebble/Gravel
- Grey
- Stone
- Mixed
- Stone form
- Irregular
- Silt/Mud
- Brown
- Leaves
- Few
- Driftwood
- Many
- Submerged terrestrial vegetation
- Yes
Aquatic Biotope
- Date of collecting
- 07.07.2020
- Collecting area
- River bank
- Water depth
- 0,5m
- Air temperature
- 37 °C
- Sunlight
- Full sun
Environment
- Environment
- Human settlements
- Human settlements
- some
- Surrounding area
Quite populated by humans. Several types of plants introduced and native ones, with quite human intervention under its landscape.
- Underwater landscape
Irregular stones are visible with different tones such as grey or blackish, some of them brown maybe by dead algae, with a mix of grey & white sand, leaves & some peble stones maybe shaped by water currents at certain river areas.
Fishes:
- Eleotris picta 1
- Poecilia sphenops 2
- Poecilia mexicana 2
- Poecilia orri 2
- Dormitator maculatus 3
- Macrobrachium sp. 2
- Neritina 2
- Gobiomorus dormitor 1
Plants:
- Avicennia germinans 4
- Hygrophila sp. 1
- Hymenocallis littoralis 1
- Threats to ecology
Because of the human intervention year by year the area and the species number inhabiting it are getting reduced.
Riparian zone
- Trees near the aquatic habitat
-
Few - Mangifera indica
- Trees near the aquatic habitat
-
Few - Ceiba Ceiba
