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Lucía Vera-Herrera, Juan Soria, Javier Pérez and Susana Romo
The Natural Park of Albufera (Valencia, Spain) is one of the Spanish Mediterranean wetlands where rice is cultivated intensively. The hydrology of the Albufera Lake, located in the center, combines natural contributions with complex human management. The...
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Edward J. Anthony, Manon Besset, Florin Zainescu and François Sabatier
Areal changes over delta surfaces determined by land and water ratios are a promising tool for identifying spatial and temporal changes in deltas that may reveal subsidence and shoreline erosion. Such changes can also provide the basis for more detailed ...
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Federico Marrone, Fernando Ortega, Francesc Mesquita-Joanes and Francisco Guerrero
Temporary ponds are one of the most peculiar ecosystems in the world, being characterized by an extraordinarily rich crustacean fauna, with a high degree of endemism. Among them, diaptomid copepods are among the most biogeographically interesting taxa. H...
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Fabio Cian, José Manuel Delgado Blasco and Lorenzo Carrera
The sub-Saharan African coast is experiencing fast-growing urbanization, particularly around major cities. This threatens the equilibrium of the socio-ecosystems where they are located and on which they depend: underground water resources are exploited w...
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Antonio Camacho, Antonio Picazo, Carlos Rochera, María Peña, Daniel Morant, Javier Miralles-Lorenzo, Anna C. Santamans, Héctor Estruch, Tatiana Montoya, Gloria Fayos and Carmen Ferriol
Constructed wetlands are commonly used for sewage treatment. However, as the natural processes operate, these artificial ecosystems can also be used to enhance the equalization of water features to those of the receiving environments, thus reducing the i...
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Conceição Mesquita, António Albuquerque, Leonor Amaral and Regina Nogueira
Cultural eutrophication stimulated by anthropogenic-derived nutrients represents one of most widespread water quality problems worldwide. Constructed wetlands (CWs) have emerged as an aesthetic, sustainable form of wastewater treatment, but, although the...
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Dylan E. Chapple, Phyllis Faber, Katharine N. Suding and Adina M. Merenlender
In Mediterranean regions and other areas with variable climates, interannual weather variability may impact ecosystem dynamics, and by extension ecological restoration projects. Conditions at reference sites, which are often used to evaluate restoration ...
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Jesús de-los-Ríos-Mérida, Andreas Reul, María Muñoz, Salvador Arijo, Silvana Tapia-Paniagua, Manuel Rendón-Martos, Francisco Guerrero
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This work concerns the case study of a Mediterranean Ramsar salt lake (Fuente de Piedra, southern Spain) that receives the treated wastewater of the local village treatment plant. The wastewater goes through a system of canals, water dams, and three semi...
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María-Teresa Sebastiá-Frasquet, Vicent Altur and José-Andrés Sanchis
The policies that define the use and management of wetlands in Spain have undergone tremendous changes in recent decades. During the period of 1950?1980, Land Reform Plans promoted filling and draining of these areas for agricultural use. In 1986, with t...
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