Eutrophication in coastal areas of the Mar Menor lagoon: The mitigation role of the salt marshes.
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Álvarez Rogel, José; Jiménez Cárceles, Francisco José; Egea Nicolás, Consuelo; María Cervantes, Antonio; Conesa Alcaraz, Hector Miguel; [et al.]Knowledge Area
Edafología y Química AgrícolaPublication date
2011-09Publisher
Universidad Politécnica de CartagenaBibliographic Citation
ÁLVAREZ ROGEL, José. Eutrophication in coastal areas of the Mar Menor lagoon: The mitigation role of the salt marshes. Technology and Knowledge Transfer e-Bulletin, vol.2, no.5, 2011. ISSN 2172-0436Keywords
Mar MenorEutrophication
Wetlands
Impacts of agriculture
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The Mar Menor lagoon is one of the largest coastal lagoons (135 km2 surface) of the Mediterranean basin. It receives runoff waters coming from the nearby intensive agricultural area of Campo de Cartagena, which have led this lagoon to be declared as a sensitive area for eutrophication in June 2001 under European Directive 91/271/EEC and as a vulnerable zone for nitrates contamination in December 2002 under Directive 91/676/EEC. Moreover, the existence of mining activities (nowadays discontinued) in the nearby area of Sierra de Cartagena-La Union has caused the spread of metal polluted wastes into the Mar Menor lagoon and its salt marshes. As a consequence, huge coastal areas are buried by metal enriched wastes, and although most of them have been colonized by vegetation, others remain bare and exposed to erosive agents (e.g. wind, water). At the same time, the Mar Menor and its salt marshes have been included in the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. Also, it is a Special Protected Area of ...
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