Image 10 COSTA RICA: THE NICOYA GULF An enlargement of LANDSAT TM Scene 16/53 FQ Dated 25/03/1992

Puntarenas area

Most mangrove forests of Costa Rica are located in narrow coastal planes. Back mangrove forests are often converted to salt pans.

Prepared by Ms. Marie Aizpuru, and provided by Prof. François Blasco,Laboratoire d'Ecologie Terestre(LET), Toulouse, France, for ISME Credit: Laboratoire d' Ecologie Terestre (LET)