HABITAT DYNAMICS OF MAR MENOR COASTAL WETLANDS (MURCIA, SE OF SPAIN) DRIVEN BY WATERSHED HYDROLOGICAL CHANGES

Authors

  • María Francisca Carreño
  • María Teresa Pardo
  • Miguel Ángel Esteve
  • Julia Martínez
Keywords: wetlands, habitat changes, remote sensing

Abstract

During the last decades the wetlands associated to the Mar Menor lagoon (Southeastern Spain) have suffered a series of physico-chemical and hydrological changes due to the increase in the water inputs coming from the agricultural drainages. In this work, it has been carried out an analysis of the changes in the plant communities of such wetlands using remote sensing techniques. Results obtained have allowed the reconstruction of the changes in the total area occupied by the wetlands along the studied period. A close fit with the changes in the area occupied by total irrigated lands was found. This is a good indicator about the relationship between the wetlands and the changes in the water dynamics of the watershed, linked to the increase in irrigated lands. In addition, the remote sensing techniques also allowed the reconstruction of the internal changes along time in the habitat composition of each wetland, where a clear reduction of Priority and European Interest habitats was detected.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biographies

María Francisca Carreño

Departamento de Ecología e Hidrología Facultad de Biología Campus de Espinardo

María Teresa Pardo

Departamento de Ecología e Hidrología Facultad de Biología Campus de Espinardo

Miguel Ángel Esteve

Departamento de Ecología e Hidrología Facultad de Biología Campus de Espinardo

Julia Martínez

Departamento de Ecología e Hidrología Facultad de Biología Campus de Espinardo
How to Cite
Carreño, M. F., Pardo, M. T., Esteve, M. Ángel, & Martínez, J. (2007). HABITAT DYNAMICS OF MAR MENOR COASTAL WETLANDS (MURCIA, SE OF SPAIN) DRIVEN BY WATERSHED HYDROLOGICAL CHANGES. Anales de Biología, (29), 13–22. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/analesbio/article/view/40721
Issue
Section
Articles

Most read articles by the same author(s)