Changes and fragmentation in the landscape of the Chantuto-Panzacola lagoon system, Chiapas (Mexico)

In this study analysis of the changes in land use and vegetation and the degree of fragmentation in the landscape of the Chantuto-Panzacola lagoon system during the years 1996 and 2020 with a supervised classification based on the maximum likelihood algorithm, visual interpretation and metrics and landscape indexes. Changes were recorded in agricultural-livestock activity towards permanent plantations, mainly African palm, loss of surface areas in bodies of water and advance of the limits of mangrove vegetation inside the lagoons and loss of coastal dunes in areas near the bocabarra. It was classified as a landscape that presents fragmentation processes with a low degree of modification.