Monitoring coastal lagoon water quality through remote sensing: The Mar Menor as a Case study
Author
Erena Arrabal, Manuel; Domínguez Gómez, José Antonio; Aguado Giménez, Felipe; Soria García, Juan Miguel; García Galiano, Sandra GabrielaKnowledge Area
EcologíalIngeniería HidráulicaTecnologías del Medio AmbienteSponsors
This research was co-funded (80%) by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), through grant number FEDER 14-20-15.Realizado en/con
Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena; Universidad de ValenciaPublication date
2019-07-15Publisher
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Erena M, Domínguez JA, Aguado-Giménez F, Soria J, García-Galiano S. Monitoring Coastal Lagoon Water Quality through Remote Sensing: The Mar Menor as a Case Study. Water. 2019; 11(7):1468. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11071468Peer review
SiKeywords
Mar MenorSpatio-temporal variability
Landsat 8
Localization
Abstract
The Mar Menor is a hypersaline coastal lagoon located in the southeast of Spain. This fragile ecosystem is suffering several human pressures, such as nutrient and sediment inputs from agriculture and other activities and decreases in salinity. Therefore, the development of an operational system to monitor its evolution is crucial to know the cause-effect relationships and preserve the natural system. The evolution and variability of the turbidity and chlorophyll-a levels in the Mar Menor water body were studied here through the joint use of remote sensing techniques and in situ data. The research was undertaken using Operational Land Imager (OLI) images on Landsat 8 and two SPOT images, because cloudy weather prevented the use of OLI images alone. This provided the information needed to perform a time series analysis of the lagoon. We also analyzed the processes that occur in the salt lagoon, characterizing the different spatio-temporal patterns of biophysical parameters. Special attention ...
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