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How agriculture, connectivity and water management can affect water quality of a Mediterranean coastal wetland

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How agriculture, connectivity and water management can affect water quality of a Mediterranean coastal wetland

dc.contributor.author	Vera Herrera Lucía
dc.contributor.author	Romo S.
dc.contributor.author	Soria J.
dc.date.accessioned	2022-12-12T10:09:02Z
dc.date.available	2022-12-12T10:09:02Z
dc.date.issued	2022
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10550/84713
dc.description.abstract	The Natural Park of Albufera (Valencia, Spain) is an important Mediterranean coastal wetland that suffers continuous environmental effects from human activities and water uses, mainly related to agriculture and urban/industrial sewage discharges. The aim of this research was to assess the water quality of the different aquatic environments of this wetland, taking into account the connection between them, the agricultural impact and the management of irrigation water. The UEWater Framework Directive was followed in order to evaluate the ecological and trophic status of water systems. Spatial approaches were used to integrate physicochemical data into GIS vector layers to map the more problematic points of pollution. The results showed a globally eutrophic system with poor ecological potential. The wetland is nutrient-overloaded during the entire rice cultivation period. Good-quality water inputs are deficient, since the river network already has high levels of nutrients and pollutants, especially in the northern area, where river water is mixed with inappropriate effluents from wastewater treatment plants. Agriculture and water management affected the area intensively up to the Albufera lake, modulating most of the studied variables. The information gathered here can help to optimize the global study and management of the coastal Mediterranean wetlands, which are highly linked to agriculture.
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.relation.ispartof	Agronomy-Basel, 2022, vol. 12, p. 486
dc.source	Vera Herrera L. Romo S. Soria J. 2022 How agriculture, connectivity and water management can affect water quality of a Mediterranean coastal wetland Agronomy-Basel 12 486
dc.subject	Agricultura
dc.subject	Aigües residuals
dc.subject	Contaminació agrícola
dc.subject	Mar Contaminació
dc.title	How agriculture, connectivity and water management can affect water quality of a Mediterranean coastal wetland
dc.type	journal article	es_ES
dc.date.updated	2022-12-12T10:09:02Z
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12020486
dc.identifier.idgrec	155817
dc.rights.accessRights	open access	es_ES