Development of a methodology for the restoration of Lo Poyo, La Hita and Marchamalo salt marshes

Project
Regional
Public Funding
Funding

Consejería de Agricultura, Agua y Medio Ambiente, Comunidad Autónoma de Murcia, sPAIN

Duration

2001

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

UPCT

General Objectives

The objective was to study the soils of three coastal salt masrhes of the Mar Menor lagoon: Saladar de Lo Poyo, La Hita and Salinas de Marchamalo and Las Amoladeras Beach, as part of the project Development of the methodology for the integral restoration of Lo Poyo, La Hita and Marchamalo salt marshes.

Project Results

Papers

Álvarez Rogel, J.; Ramos, M.J.; Delgado, M.J. and Arnaldos, R. 2004. Metals in soils and plants’ above-ground biomass from a salt marsh polluted by mine wastes in the coast of the Mar Menor lagoon, SE Spain. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin 13: 274-278.

Book Chapters

Héctor M. Conesa-Alcaraz; Francisco J. Jiménez- Cárceles; Antonio María Cervantes; María Nazaret Gonzalez-Alcaraz; Consuelo Egea Nicolás; José Álvarez-Rogel. 2011. Heavy Metal Contamination Caused By Mining Activities In The Mar Menor Lagoon (SE Spain) (pp. 235-250)  (Chapter 11, Biogeochemistry and Pedogenetic Process in Saltmarsh and Mangrove Systems, ISBN: 978-1-61728-269-0). Editorial Nova Publishers (https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=15304).

Héctor M. Conesa Alcaraz; Antonio María Cervantes; Francisco J. Jiménez Cárceles; Consuelo Egea Nicolás; José Álvarez-Rogel; M. Nazaret González Alcaraz. 2011. El saladar de Lo Poyo: un caso de contaminación por residuos mineros a orillas del Mar Menor. El Mar Menor. Estado actual del conocimiento científico (pp. 105-116).  (ISBN: 978-84-936326-8-7). Instituto Euromediterráneo del agua. Murcia, España.