Management guidelines for the wetland "Regional park of Salinas y Arenales de San Pedro del Pinatar"

Project
Regional
Public Funding
Funding

Consejería de Agricultura y Medio Ambiente, Comunidad Autónoma of Murcia, Spain

Duration

2004

Project Manager
Dr. José Álvarez Rogel
Dr. Juan José Martínez Sánchez
Staff
Dr. José Álvarez Rogel
Dr. Francisco José Jiménez Cárceles
Dr. Juan José Martínez Sánchez
Partnership Entities

Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena

General Objectives

Two main objectives:
* Analysis of the structure and dynamics of plant communities
* Description of soil characteristics and edaphic gradients for each plant community.

    Summary

    The specific objectives were:

    * Identification and characterization of environmental units, in order to diagnose the state of conservation, quality and fragility of environmental resources, mainly soil, flora and plant communities.

    * To study the structure and dynamics of the pine wood forest, analyzing its foreseeable evolution and establishing the potential situation to be reached, identifying and planning the actions to be developed.

    * To elaborate management guidelines and to plann the necessary works to be developed for the restoration and conservation of the dune ecosystem.

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    Project Results

    Álvarez-Rogel, J.; Carrasco, L.; Marín, C. M.; Martínez-Sánchez, J. J. 2007. Soils of a dune coastal salt marsh system in relation to groundwater level, micro-topography and vegetation under a semiarid Mediterranean climate in SE Spain Catena 69, 111-121.

    Álvarez Rogel; Martínez Sánchez; Carrasco Blázquez and Marín Semitiel. 2006.  A Conceptual Model of Salt Marsh Plant Distribution in Coastal Dunes of Southeastern Spain. Wetlands. Vol. 26, Nº 3 , 703-717.