ITG27ANT0019 - Stagno is Tasonis

Description

Wetland data

Basic information
Wetland location: Marine/Coastal
Wetland type: Natural
Wetland area: 272.6 Ha
Hydrological interaction: -  
Water salinity: Salty (> 18.0 g/l)
Hydroperiod: Permanent
Geographic information
Region: Sardinia
Province: Cagliari
Island: Sant'Antioco
Municipality: Sant'Antioco
Longitude: 8.459954 East
Latitude: 39.042476 North
Wetland condition
Wetland status (MEDWET): 4 - Original habitats/landform highly modified (<10% untouched)
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 26 - 50
Sp -- Permanent saline/brackish/alkaline marshes/pools 26 - 50
Property status
Government - Municipal / Private
Protection statuses
Protection status category Protection status subcategory Area's name Code Coverage area (%) Legislation
Habitat and species protected area Special Area of Conservation (SAC) Is Pruinis ITB042225 40 DM 07/04/2017
Important bird areas
IBA code Site name Coverage (%) References
IT190 Stagni del Golfo di Palmas 100
Activities on wetland
Activity Intensity
421 = disposal of household waste Medium
952 = eutrophication Medium
954 = invasion by a species Medium
Impacts
Impact Intensity
PSO = Sewage pollution of an unknown severity/duration Medium
Habitat types
Type Coverage (%)
1110 Sandbanks which are slightly covered by sea water all the time 5 - 25
1120 * Posidonia beds (Posidonion oceanicae) 5 - 25
1150 * Coastal lagoons 51 - 75
1210 Annual vegetation of drift lines 5 - 25
1310 Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand < 5
1410 Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi) 26 - 50
1420 Mediterranean and thermo-Atlantic halophilous scrubs (Sarcocornetea fruticosi) 5 - 25
1430 Halo-nitrophilous scrubs (Pegano-Salsoletea) 5 - 25
1510 * Mediterranean salt steppes (Limonietalia) 5 - 25
2240 Brachypodietalia dune grasslands with annuals < 5
5330 Thermo-Mediterranean and pre-desert scrub 5 - 25
Flora
Species Presence status References
Agave americana Fois & Cuena 12.05.2018
Arthrocnemum sp. Dominant Fois & Cuena 12.05.2018
Brassica tournefortii Milia & Mossa 1977
Bromus intermedius Milia & Mossa 1977
Centaurea napifolia Fois & Cuena 12.05.2018
Cressa cretica Milia & Mossa 1977
Eucalyptus globulus Fois & Cuena 12.05.2018
Halocnemum strobilaceum Milia & Mossa 1977
Hordeum marinum Milia & Mossa 1977
Juncus sp. Co-dominant Fois & Cuena 12.05.2018
Melia azedarach Fois & Cuena 12.05.2018
Polypogon monspeliensis Milia & Mossa 1977
Rumex sp. Fois & Cuena 12.05.2018
Salicornia fruticosa Milia & Mossa 1977
Salicornia perennans Milia & Mossa 1977
Soda inermis Milia & Mossa 1977
Suaeda maritima Milia & Mossa 1977
Tamarix africana Fois & Cuena 12.05.2018
Trifolium sp. Fois & Cuena 12.05.2018
Vachellia karroo Fois & Cuena 12.05.2018
Yucca gloriosa Present Fois & Cuena 12.05.2018
Fauna

Birds

Number of individuals

Nesting

References
Buteo buteo
Anas platyrhynchos
Tadorna tadorna
Apus apus
Apus pallidus
Caprimulgus europaeus
Charadrius alexandrinus
Charadrius dubius
Himantopus himantopus
Larus audouinii
Larus michahellis
Recurvirostra avosetta
Sterna hirundo
Sternula albifrons
Ardea alba
Columba livia
Streptopelia decaocto
Streptopelia turtur
Merops apiaster
Cuculus canorus
Falco peregrinus
Falco tinnunculus
Alectoris barbara
Coturnix coturnix
Fulica atra
Gallinula chloropus
Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Alauda arvensis
Anthus campestris
Carduelis cannabina
Carduelis carduelis
Carduelis chloris
Cettia cetti
Cisticola juncidis
Corvus corax
Corvus corone
Corvus monedula
Emberiza calandra
Emberiza cirlus
Fringilla coelebs
Luscinia megarhynchos
Monticola solitarius
Motacilla flava
Muscicapa striata
Regulus ignicapilla
Saxicola torquatus
Serinus serinus
Sturnus unicolor
Sylvia atricapilla
Sylvia conspicillata
Sylvia melanocephala
Sylvia sarda
Sylvia undata
Turdus merula
Phalacrocorax aristotelis
Phoenicopterus roseus
Tachymarptis melba
Hydrobates pelagicus
Athene noctua
Otus scops
Tyto alba

Filigheddu, R. and E. Farris. 2001. Paspalum vaginatum Swartz (Gramineae) in Sardinia. Inform. Bot. Ital. 33(23): 337-339.

Milia, G., and L. Mossa. 1977. Ricerche floristiche e vegetazionali nell'isola di S. Antioco (Sardegna meridionale): la flora. Boll. Soc. Sarda Sci. Nat. 16:167-213.

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