Construcción de una estación fija de monitoreo ambiental en las instalaciones de la carrera de acuicultura, Universidad Técnica de Manabí, extensión bahía de Caráquez

Abstract

This project was done at the Bahia De Caraquez extension of the school of aquaculture at the Universidad Tecnica De Manabi, with the goal of building an environmental monitoring station in the sea outside the premises of the institution, to enhance the intrinsic research capabilities, experimentation, as well as teaching of engineering and aquaculture.

The approximate cost of this station was US$ 6.685,35, and includes the primary construction materials used, that were timber, zinc, gravel, stone ball, sand, nails, among others. Laboratory equipments from the institution were used for measuring physical, chemical, and biological parameters. The time taken for the development of the project was ten months, from july 2009 to april 2010, which followed this guidelines: we began with the development of the three designs: Structural, architectural and of covert, which established the guidelines of the construction work.

For the construction of the base, casting material was used to provide stability and security. Additionally, planks of wood such as guayacan were used to support the platform. In the construction of railings, roof, ramp and staircase; different types of wood (lignum, Samangan, Tiller and laurel) were used. For the roof, tiles zinc painted with anticorrosive paint was used to ensure their durability. For fifteen consecutive days physicochemical and biological parameters of the Chone river estuary and environment were registered in a matrix. Parameters analyzed were dissolved oxygen (mg / l), air temperature (° C) water temperature (° C), salinity (ups), hydrogen potential pH, current (m / s), turbidity and quantification of phytoplankton.