RHIZOPHORA MANGLE LINNAEUS, 1753 COMO ESPECIE SOMBRILLA Y RAZÓN BIOLÓGICA PARA LA PROTECCIÓN Y RESTAURACIÓN DE LA LAGUNA DE TAMPAMACHOCO, VERACRUZ, MÉXICO

Coastal development is a major anthropogenic factors that modify and degrade the coastallagoons and mangrove swamps of Mexico, for this reason, the aim of this work is to highlightthe importance of representing the red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) at the biological andecological coastal ecosystems and conceptualize it as an umbrella species for the lakeTampamachoco to generate initiatives to protect and restore the lagoon system as signs ofdeterioration and contamination. Proposes strategies and actions for restoration and protectionof the lagoon Tampamachoco to safeguard the flora and fauna that protects the red mangrove,improved hydrological conditions of the lagoon and retrieve important species and commercialfisheries which are certain to reactivate economic income fisheries and restaurant.