ITG27SAR1230 - Foce del Flumendosa e Stagno di Sa Praia
Description
Wetland data
Basic information
| Wetland location: | Marine/Coastal |
| Wetland type: | Natural |
| Wetland area: | 579.8 Ha |
| Hydrological interaction: | Yes |
| Water salinity: | Brackish (5.0-18.0 g/l) |
| Type of fresh water input: | Torrent / Stream |
| Hydroperiod: | Permanent |
Geographic information
| Region: | Sardinia |
| Province: | Cagliari |
| Island: | Sardinia |
| Municipality: | Villaputzu |
| Longitude: | 9.621082 East |
| Latitude: | 39.420119 North |
Wetland condition
| Wetland status (MEDWET): | 3 - Original habitats/landform partially modified (10-50% untouched) |
Ramsar wetland type
| Type | Coverage (%) |
| 1 -- Aquaculture (e.g., fish/shrimp) ponds | 5 - 25 |
| 9 -- Canals and drainage channels, ditches | 5 - 25 |
| E -- Sand, shingle or pebble shores; includes sand bars, spits and sandy islets; includes dune systems and humid dune slacks | 5 - 25 |
| F -- Estuarine waters; permanent water of estuaries and estuarine systems of deltas | 5 - 25 |
| H -- Intertidal marshes; includes salt marshes, salt meadows, saltings, raised salt marshes; includes tidal brackish and freshwater marshes | < 5 |
| I -- Intertidal forested wetlands; includes mangrove swamps, nipah swamps and tidal freshwater swamp forests | 5 - 25 |
| M -- Permanent rivers/streams/creeks; includes waterfalls | 5 - 25 |
| Sp -- Permanent saline/brackish/alkaline marshes/pools | 5 - 25 |
Property status
| Government - Municipal |
| Protection status category | Protection status subcategory | Area's name | Code | Coverage area (%) | Legislation |
| Habitat and species protected area | Special Area of Conservation (SAC) | Foce del Flumendosa - Sa Praia | ITB040018 | 100 | DM 30/03/2009 |
Activities on wetland
| Activity | Intensity |
| 210 = Professional fishing | Medium |
| 421 = disposal of household waste | Low |
| 507 = bridge viaduct | Medium |
| 690 = Other leisure and tourism impacts not referred to above | Medium |
| 802 = reclamation of land from sea estuary or marsh | Medium |
| 830 = Canalisation | Medium |
| 853 = management of water levels | Medium |
Impacts
| Impact | Intensity |
| EE- = Increase of economic potential | Medium |
| FA- = Change in age composition of a faunal species | Low |
| HL- = Habitat loss | Medium |
| PSO = Sewage pollution of an unknown severity/duration | Medium |
| VCX = Introduction of exotic floral species | Medium |
| WGL = Drainage of standing water | Medium |
| WR- = Altered flow regime | Medium |
Habitat types
| Type | Coverage (%) |
| 1110 Sandbanks which are slightly covered by sea water all the time | 5 - 25 |
| 1120 * Posidonia beds (Posidonion oceanicae) | 26 - 50 |
| 1130 Estuaries | 51 - 75 |
| 1150 * Coastal lagoons | 26 - 50 |
| 1210 Annual vegetation of drift lines | 5 - 25 |
| 1240 Vegetated sea cliffs of the Mediterranean coasts with endemic Limonium spp. | < 5 |
| 1410 Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi) | 5 - 25 |
| 1420 Mediterranean and thermo-Atlantic halophilous scrubs (Sarcocornetea fruticosi) | 26 - 50 |
| 1430 Halo-nitrophilous scrubs (Pegano-Salsoletea) | 5 - 25 |
| 1510 * Mediterranean salt steppes (Limonietalia) | 5 - 25 |
| 2110 Embryonic shifting dunes | 5 - 25 |
| 2120 Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (‘white dunes’) | < 5 |
| 2210 Crucianellion maritimae fixed beach dunes | 5 - 25 |
| 2230 Malcolmietalia dune grasslands | 5 - 25 |
| 3290 Intermittently flowing Mediterranean rivers of the Paspalo-Agrostidion | 5 - 25 |
| 6420 Mediterranean tall humid grasslands of the Molinio-Holoschoenion | 5 - 25 |
| 92A0 Salix alba and Populus alba galleries | 5 - 25 |
| 92D0 Southern riparian galleries and thickets (Nerio-Tamaricetea and Securinegion tinctoriae) | 5 - 25 |
Flora
| Species | Presence status | References |
| Acacia saligna | Present | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 |
| Achillea maritima maritima | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Alisma plantago-aquatica | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Alnus glutinosa | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Aristolochia tyrrhena | Present | Iriti 2007 |
| Artemisia arborescens | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Arthrocaulon meridionale | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Arthrocnemum sp. | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Arundo donax | Present | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 |
| Calamagrostis arenaria arundinacea | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Calicotome villosa | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Carex punctata | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Carex sp. | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Carpobrotus edulis | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Cistus salviifolius | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Cotula coronopifolia | Present | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 |
| Cynomorium coccineum | Present | Fois 08.06.2018 |
| Daphne gnidium | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Elytrigia juncea juncea | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Eryngium maritimum | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Eucalyptus globulus | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Euphorbia peplis | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Euphorbia pithyusa cupanii | Present | Iiriti 2006 |
| Frankenia laevis | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Glaucium flavum | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Halimione portulacoides | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Hypecoum procumbens | Present | Iriti 2007 |
| Inula viscosa | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Isoetes longissima | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Juncus acutus | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Juncus maritimus | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Kali turgida | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Lamarckia aurea | Iriti 2007 | |
| Lemna gibba | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Limonium narbonense | Fois & Cuena 26.05.2018 | |
| Limonium sp. | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Linaria flava sardoa | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Lotus cytisoides | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Matthiola sinuata | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Medicago marina | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Mentha aquatica | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Mesembryanthemum crystallinum | Present | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 |
| Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Mesembryanthemum sp. | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Moraea sisyrinchium | Iriti 2007 | |
| Myriophyllum spicatum | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Nasturtium officinale | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Ononis variegata | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Opuntia ficus-indica | Present | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 |
| Osyris alba | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Otanthus maritimus | Iriti 2007 | |
| Phragmites australis | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Pistacia lentiscus | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Polygonum maritimum | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Polygonum scoparium | Co-dominant | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 |
| Ricinus communis | Present | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 |
| Romulea ramiflora | Iriti 2007 | |
| Romulea rollii | Iriti 2007 | |
| Ruppia cirrhosa | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Ruppia maritima | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Salicornia fruticosa | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Salix atrocinerea | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Salsola soda | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Salsola squarrosa controversa | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Sarcocornia perennis | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Schoenus nigricans | Present | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 |
| Scirpoides holoschoenus | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Suaeda maritima | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Suaeda splendens | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Suaeda vera | Present | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 |
| Tamarix africana | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Tamarix gallica | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 | |
| Tillaea vaillantii | Iriti 2007 | |
| Typha latifolia | Present | Fois, Cuena & Tankovic 08.06.2018 |
| Vachellia karroo |
Fauna
| Mammals | Presence status in wetland | References | |
| Oryctolagus cuniculus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Common | ||
| Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) | Common | ||
Birds |
Number of individuals |
Nesting |
References |
| Circus aeruginosus | |||
| Circus cyaneus | |||
| Pandion haliaetus | |||
| Anas clypeata | |||
| Anas crecca | |||
| Anas penelope | |||
| Anas platyrhynchos | |||
| Aythya ferina | |||
| Aythya fuligula | |||
| Larus ridibundus | |||
| Pluvialis apricaria | |||
| Sterna hirundo | |||
| Sterna sandvicensis | |||
| Sternula albifrons | |||
| Vanellus vanellus | |||
| Ardea alba | |||
| Egretta garzetta | |||
| Alcedo atthis | |||
| Fulica atra | |||
| Gallinula chloropus | |||
| Porphyrio porphyrio | |||
| Phalacrocorax carbo | |||
| Phoenicopterus roseus | |||
Reptiles |
Presence status in wetland |
References |
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| Natrix maura (Linnaeus, 1758) | Present | Corti et al. 2022 | |
Amphibians |
Presence status in wetland |
References |
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| Bufo viridis Laurenti, 1768 | Present | ||
| Hyla sarda De Betta 1853 | Present | ||
Fishes |
Presence status in wetland |
References |
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| Ameiurus melas Rafinesque, 1820 | Present | ||
| Gambusia holbrooki Girard, 1859 | Common | ||
| Lepomis gibbosus Linnaeus, 1758 | Present | ||
| Tinca tinca (Linnaeus, 1758) | Common |
Corti, C., Biaggini, M., Nulchis, V., Cogoni, R., Cossu, I., Frau, S., Mulargia, M., Lunghi, E., Bassu, L. (2022). Species diversity and distribution of amphibians and reptiles in Sardinia, Italy. Acta Herpetologica, 17(2): 125-133
De Martis, B., M. C. Loi and M. B. Polo. 1984b. Il genere Tamarix L. (Tamaricaceae) in Sardegna. Webbia 37(2):211-235.
Grussu, M., and A. Atzeni. 2012. Influx of Great White Pelicans in Sardinia, Italy, in spring 2008. Dutch Birding, 34, 289-293.
Iiriti, G. 2006. Flora e paesaggio vegetale del Sarrabus-Gerrei (Sardegna sud orientale). [PhD Thesis]
Pinna, M. S., G. Fenu, E. Farris, M. Fois, S. Pisani, D. Cogoni, G. Calvia and G. Bacchetta. 2012. Schede per una Lista Rossa della Flora vascolare e crittogamica Italiana: Linaria flava (Poir.) Desf. subsp. sardoa (Sommier) A. Terracc. Informatore Botanico Italiano 44(2):405-474.
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