Mediterranean Coastal Lagoons Review: Sites to Visit before Disappearance
Coastal lagoons are an established priority habitat in the European environment because of the biological communities that inhabit them. Their origin is related to the transport of sediments from a nearby river or the movement of sands by the marine currents that produce the closure of a gulf. There...
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| description | Coastal lagoons are an established priority habitat in the European environment because of the biological communities that inhabit them. Their origin is related to the transport of sediments from a nearby river or the movement of sands by the marine currents that produce the closure of a gulf. Therefore, they are recent geological formations, which also disappear quickly if environmental conditions change. The 37 coastal lagoons with a surface area greater than 10 km<sup>2</sup> located in the Mediterranean basin have been identified. Fishing has been the traditional use of these lagoons, in addition to their use as a navigation harbor when they are open to the sea. Pollution, quality problems and their consequences are the most studied topics in recent publications. Sentinel-2 images taken in the summer of 2020 have been used to study water transparency, suspended matter and chlorophyll <i>a</i> concentration. The result was that only six of them are in good ecological condition, but most of them are eutrophic due to the impacts on their environment and the inflow of poor quality water. The cultural values of these lagoons must also be protected and preserved. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-11a4a414da94436b9c496fa9998e88842023-11-24T01:57:07ZengMDPI AGJournal of Marine Science and Engineering2077-13122022-03-0110334710.3390/jmse10030347Mediterranean Coastal Lagoons Review: Sites to Visit before DisappearanceJuan Soria0Rebeca Pérez1Xavier Sòria-Pepinyà2Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity & Evolutionary Ecology, University of Valencia, 46980 Paterna, SpainCavanilles Institute of Biodiversity & Evolutionary Ecology, University of Valencia, 46980 Paterna, SpainImage Processing Laboratory, University of Valencia, 46980 Paterna, SpainCoastal lagoons are an established priority habitat in the European environment because of the biological communities that inhabit them. Their origin is related to the transport of sediments from a nearby river or the movement of sands by the marine currents that produce the closure of a gulf. Therefore, they are recent geological formations, which also disappear quickly if environmental conditions change. The 37 coastal lagoons with a surface area greater than 10 km<sup>2</sup> located in the Mediterranean basin have been identified. Fishing has been the traditional use of these lagoons, in addition to their use as a navigation harbor when they are open to the sea. Pollution, quality problems and their consequences are the most studied topics in recent publications. Sentinel-2 images taken in the summer of 2020 have been used to study water transparency, suspended matter and chlorophyll <i>a</i> concentration. The result was that only six of them are in good ecological condition, but most of them are eutrophic due to the impacts on their environment and the inflow of poor quality water. The cultural values of these lagoons must also be protected and preserved.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/10/3/347fishingpollutiontransparencyeutrophicationMediterranean basin |
| spellingShingle | Juan Soria Rebeca Pérez Xavier Sòria-Pepinyà Mediterranean Coastal Lagoons Review: Sites to Visit before Disappearance Journal of Marine Science and Engineering fishing pollution transparency eutrophication Mediterranean basin |
| title | Mediterranean Coastal Lagoons Review: Sites to Visit before Disappearance |
| title_full | Mediterranean Coastal Lagoons Review: Sites to Visit before Disappearance |
| title_fullStr | Mediterranean Coastal Lagoons Review: Sites to Visit before Disappearance |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mediterranean Coastal Lagoons Review: Sites to Visit before Disappearance |
| title_short | Mediterranean Coastal Lagoons Review: Sites to Visit before Disappearance |
| title_sort | mediterranean coastal lagoons review sites to visit before disappearance |
| topic | fishing pollution transparency eutrophication Mediterranean basin |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/10/3/347 |
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