Approach to the hydrodinamics of los vasquez lagoon (isla baril - colombian caribbean) by tanatocenosis of foramifera and bentonic ostracoda

Abstract

Based on the study of the faunistic composition of tanatocenosis contained in superficial sediments as well as their origin, the currents affecting Los Vasquez lagoon, Isla Baru, (Colombian Caribbean) were deduced. The influence of the Caribbean current, the Panama countercurrent, the litoral drift and the local tidal currents is determined.

Mediante el estudio de la composición faunística de la tanatocenosis contenida en los sedimentos superficiales y su procedencia, se deducen las corrientes que afectan la Ciénaga de Los Vásquez en la isla de Barú (Caribe colombiano). Se establece la influencia de la corriente del Caribe, la contracorriente de Panamá, la deriva litoral y las corrientes mareales locales.