- Conigliera
Description
Wetland data
Basic information
| Wetland location: | Marine/Coastal |
| Wetland type: | Natural |
| Hydrological interaction: | - |
| Water salinity: | Salty (> 18.0 g/l) |
| Type of fresh water input: | Catchment area (precipitation) |
| Open water area (%): | > 95 |
| Hydroperiod: | Temporary/Intermittent |
Geographic information
| Governorate: | Monastir |
| Island: | Petite Kuriat, Conigliera |
| Longitude: | 11.006907 East |
| Latitude: | 35.768649 North |
Wetland condition
| Wetland status (MEDWET): | 1 - Untouched. No signs of man-made changes |
Ramsar wetland type
| Type | Coverage (%) |
| A -- Permanent shallow marine waters in most cases less than six metres deep at low tide; includes sea bays and straits | 5 - 25 |
| E -- Sand, shingle or pebble shores; includes sand bars, spits and sandy islets; includes dune systems and humid dune slacks | 5 - 25 |
| H -- Intertidal marshes; includes salt marshes, salt meadows, saltings, raised salt marshes; includes tidal brackish and freshwater marshes | 5 - 25 |
| J -- Coastal brackish/saline lagoons; brackish to saline lagoons with at least one relatively narrow connection to the sea | 51 - 75 |
Property status
| Public |
Ecosystem services
| Type of ecosystem service | Ecosystem service | Scale of Βenefit (%) | Importance |
| Regulatory services | Flood hazard regulation | ||
| Provisioning services | Food | ||
| Supporting services | Provision of habitat | ||
| Cultural services | Recreation and tourism | ||
| Regulatory services | Storm hazard regulation | ||
| Regulatory services | Water purification | ||
| Regulatory services | Water regulation |
Activities on wetland
| Activity | Intensity |
| 020 = Resource conservation | High |
| 030 = Species conservation | High |
| 210 = Professional fishing | High |
| 240 = Taking / Removal of fauna general | High |
| 690 = Other leisure and tourism impacts not referred to above | High |
Activities on catchment area
| Activity | Intensity |
| 020 = Resource conservation | High |
| 030 = Species conservation | High |
| 210 = Professional fishing | High |
| 240 = Taking / Removal of fauna general | High |
| 690 = Other leisure and tourism impacts not referred to above | High |
Impacts
| Impact | Intensity |
| WSR = Salt water intrusion of surface water | High |
Flora
| Species | Presence status | References |
| Arthrocnemum macrostachyum (Moric.) K. Koch | ||
| Cakile maritima Scop. | ||
| Echium arenarium Guss. | ||
| Euphorbia paralias L. | ||
| Euphorbia terracina L. | ||
| Frankenia laevis L. | ||
| Halocnemum strobilaceum (Pall.) M. Bieb. | ||
| Hordeum marinum Huds. | ||
| Lamarckia aurea (L.) Moench | ||
| Limoniastrum monopetalum (L.) Boiss. | ||
| Rostraria cristata (L.) Tzvelev | ||
| Sarcocornia fruticosa (L.) A.J. Scott | ||
| Sarcocornia perennis (Mill.) A.J. Scott subsp. Per | ||
| Suaeda vera Forssk. ex J.F. Gmel. | ||
| Suaeda vermiculata Forssk. ex J.F. Gmel. |
Fauna
Fishes |
Presence status in wetland |
References |
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| Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758) | |||
| Cethorinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765) | |||
| Isurus oxyrinchus (Rafinesque, 1810) | |||
| Lamna nasus (Bonnaterre, 1788) |