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Assessment of Ostrea stentina recruitment and performance in the Mar Menor la...
The Mar Menor is a hypersaline coastal lagoon representing one of the most iconic natural areas in Southeastern Spain. However, it has suffered several catastrophic... -
An endangered species living in an endangered ecosystem: Population structure...
Mediterranean coastal habitats constitute a nonmarginal fraction of the overall continental habitats of the European eel. It has been suggested that the recovery of the eel... -
Mar Menor lagoon: An iconic case of ecosystem collapse
Mar Menor (W Mediterranean, Spain) is the largest hypersaline coastal lagoon in Europe. In spring 2016, chl a concentration exceeded the average values (< 1 µg L-1) reported... -
On the Presence and Ubiquity of the Exotic Batophora (J. Agardh) in the Mar M...
We first report the presence of a species of the genus Batophora in the Iberian Peninsula, in the Mar Menor lagoon (Murcia, SE Spain). We detected this macroalga in November... -
Mar Menor, Mal Mayor. Campaña de divulgación en redes sociales.
En el proyecto se desarrolla la propuesta de una campaña de divulgación en Instagram sobre el Mar Menor. Se pretende concienciar a un público joven sobre la degradación de la... -
Coastalization patterns in the Mediterranean: A spatiotemporal analysis of co...
Under the current climate change scenery, coastalization, i.e. a linear-type of urban sprawl along the coastal zone, has become a key planning and policy concern at a global... -
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... -
Assessing different methods to quantify Submarine Groundwater Discharge
Submarine Groundwater Discharge (SGD) is recognized as a major source of water and solutes to the coastal ocean, and it is particularly relevant in arid or semi-arid zones. SGD... -
La personnalisation juridique de Mar Menor en Espagne–Un premier pas en Europ...
In September 2022, the Spanish Parliament granted legal personality to Mar Menor, a saltwater lagoon on the Mediterranean coast. It innovates in the European context, notably by... -
Phytoplankton dynamics in the Mar Menor, a Mediterranean coastal lagoon stron...
The Mar Menor hypersaline coastal lagoon has suffered serious degradation in the last three decades attributable to nutrient pollution. In 2015, the lagoon experienced an... -
Dominance of small-sized phytoplankton in a Mediterranean eutrophic coastal l...
The predator-prey relationship is generally size-specific in the pelagic food webs. Phytoplankton cell size structure can provide information on the successive levels of... -
Spatio-temporal Variation of Shallow Microhabitats and Associated Juvenile Fi...
Coastal lagoons are known to host numerous resident and migrant fish species. Spatio-temporal variation in abiotic and biotic conditions in these ecosystems results, however, in... -
Presence, distribution and current pesticides used in Spanish agricultural pr...
To guarantee an adequate food supply for the world's growing population, intensive agriculture is necessary to ensure efficient food production. The use of pesticides helps... -
A systematic review on microplastic pollution in water, sediments, and organi...
Coastal lagoons are transitional environments between continental and marine aquatic systems. Globally, coastal lagoons are of great ecological and socioeconomic importance as... -
Flash flooding in semiarid alluvial fan apron systems: processes, forms and h...
This paper presents a holistic analysis of the September 12–15, 2019, flash flood in the Mar Menor basin (Spain). The research aims to analyse the causal factors, define the... -
Assessment of bioaccessible As in a wetland with mining influence (Mar Menor,...
Mining areas are so complex that it is sometimes difficult to differentiate between anthropogenic contamination and geogenic anomalies. This is the case in the so-called Sierra... -
Harmful algae and pathogens on plastics in three mediterranean coastal lagoons
Plastic is now a pervasive pollutant in all marine ecosystems. The microplastics and macroplastic debris were studied in three French Mediterranean coastal lagoons (Prevost,... -
The impact of marine pollution on the probability of business failure: A case...
The impact of coastal water quality and its interaction with business results is still an unexplored field. This study uses a probit model and estimates marginal effects to... -
Science and the legal rights of nature
Laws that establish legal rights for nature are being pursued in a growing number of countries to protect the environment. The success or failure of these rights-of-nature laws... -
Reflexió sobre l'impacte a la Llei d'Enjudiciament Civil a la llum del recone...
Exhaustiu i divulgatiu anàlisi de la innovadora Llei 19/2022, que implica un canvi de paradigma per a la defensa jurídica del medi ambient i que suposarà que el nostre...