Titre :

Mediterranean Temporary Lagoon: Proposal for a definition of this endangered habitat to improve its conservation

Auteur(s) :

Latron, Mathilde [Auteur]
Évolution, Écologie et Paléontologie (Evo-Eco-Paleo) - UMR 8198 [Evo-Eco-Paléo (EEP)]
Allies, Aubin [Auteur]
Argagnon, Olivier [Auteur]
Conservatoire Botanique National Méditerranéen de Porquerolles
Bosc, Nadine [Auteur]
Faure, Karine [Auteur]
Centre d’Infection et d’Immunité de Lille - INSERM U 1019 - UMR 9017 - UMR 8204 [CIIL]
Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [CHU Lille] [CHRU Lille]
Fontes, Hugo [Auteur]
Tour du Valat, Research Institute for the conservation of Mediterranean Wetlands
Grillas, Patrick [Auteur]
Tour du Valat, Research Institute for the conservation of Mediterranean Wetlands
Molina, James [Auteur]
Wit, Rutger [Auteur]
MARine Biodiversity Exploitation and Conservation [UMR MARBEC]
Papuga, Guillaume [Auteur]
Botanique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des Végétations [UMR AMAP]

Titre de la revue :

Journal for Nature Conservation

Pagination :

126193

Date de publication :

2022

Mot(s)-clé(s) en anglais :

Coastal lagoon
Conservation
Habitat directive
Salt pan
Water framework directive
Wetland

Discipline(s) HAL :

Sciences de l'environnement/Biodiversité et Ecologie
Sciences de l'environnement/Milieux et Changements globaux

Résumé en anglais : [en]

Coastal lagoons have been recognised as a priority habitat for conservation and have benefited from several conservation plans. Under the Mediterranean climate, some of these lagoons might dry out during summer due to ...
Lire la suite >Coastal lagoons have been recognised as a priority habitat for conservation and have benefited from several conservation plans. Under the Mediterranean climate, some of these lagoons might dry out during summer due to drought events. We propose the term Mediterranean Temporary Lagoons (MTLs) for these ephemeral water bodies and discuss their definition and characteristics. This term emerged in France among its coastal zone managers, who now commonly use it for conservation purposes. It is used in both natural systems as well as most artificial salt ponds in abandoned saltworks. In Europe, two directives have integrated lagoons as key targets to be preserved. Nonetheless, a certain discrepancy in the different definitions of lagoons has constrained joint actions. Indeed, while institutional definitions were originally derived from the scientific concept, their legislative and managerials meanings have been gradually modified and nowadays often differ from the original concept to create difficulties in the field. In addition, while it has been recommended to consider MTLs as a coastal lagoon habitat in the European Habitat Directive, its interpretation among EU member states is unsettled. Thus, clarifying lagoon habitats' terminology is required to ensure better management, monitoring and planning, and coordinate conservation actions. We discuss the inclusion of MTLs in habitat 1150 by confronting scientific and institutional literature and propose a new framework to better delimitate lagoon habitat around the Mediterranean basin, integrating MTLs. MTLs represent a specific habitat that hosts a pool of stenoecious macrophytes of conservation interest like Althenia filiformis, Riella helicophylla or Tolypella salina.Lire moins >

Langue :

Anglais

Références liée(s) :

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1617138122000668

Collections :

• Centre d'Infection et d'Immunité de Lille (CIIL) - U1019 - UMR 9017

Source :

Harvested from HAL

Date de dépôt :

2022-05-26T03:47:42Z