… Specific aspects related to flora and fauna, as well as land cover changes in the region,
will be addressed in the next sections. … These maps provide a remarkable information
about land cover changes in the Delta in the last two decades. Based on these maps and
Table 1, we can observe that the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta is dominated by open waters (~25%),
followed by evergreen forests (~22%), and woody wetlands (~20%). Urban areas (ie
developed, open space; developed, low intensity; developed, medium intensity; developed …