Sustainable Management of Mediterranean Coastal Fresh and Transitional Water Bodies: a Socio-Economic and Environmental Analysis of Changes and Trends to Enhance and Sustain Stakeholders Benefits

344 Pages·2009·5.599 MB·English

by  Felicita Scapini, Jean-Marc Boffa, Louis F. Cassar, Elisabeth Conrad, Mariella Nardi

Proceedings e report
49

Proceedings of the international conference of the WADI Project
(INCO-CT2005 015226), Malta, 5-8 November 2008
Sustainable management
of Mediterranean coastal fresh
and transitional water bodies:
a socio-economic and environmental
analysis of changes and trends
to enhance and sustain stakeholder benefits
Editors
Felicita Scapini, Jean-Marc Boffa, Louis F. Cassar,
Elisabeth Conrad and Mariella Nardi
firenze university press
2009
Sustainable management of Mediterranean coastal fresh
and transitional water bodies: a socio-economic and
environmental analysis of changes and trends to enhance
and sustain stakeholder benefits / Editors Felicita Scapini,
Jean-Marc Boffa, Elisabeth Conrad, Louis F. Cassar and
Mariella Nardi. – Firenze : Firenze University Press, 2009
(Proceedings e report: 49)
http://digital.casalini.it/9788864530154
ISBN 978-88-6453-015-4 (online)
With the support of the European Commission, 6th Framework Programme,
INCO-CT2005-015226-WADI Project (2006-2008)
Cover: Water for everybody by Luigi Scapini
Progetto grafico di Alberto Pizarro Fernández
© 2009 Firenze University Press
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Firenze University Press
Borgo Albizi, 28, 50122 Firenze, Italy
http://www.fupress.com/
Printed in Italy
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF MEDITERRANEAN COASTAL
FRESH AND TRANSITIONAL WATER BODIES: A SOCIO-ECONOMIC
AND ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS OF CHANGES AND TRENDS TO
ENHANCE AND SUSTAIN STAKEHOLDER BENEFITS 1
F. Scapini
THE SPANISH STUDY SITE
CONSTRUCTING AN INTEGRATED EL HONDO CASE ACCORDING
TO WADI AIMS: REFLECTIONS ON METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES
AND REACHING THE SOCIAL OBJECTIVES OF THE WADI PROJECT 9
C. Martín-Cantarino, R. Martínez García, A. Belda-Antolí
and A. López Pomares
LONG-TERM (1883 TO 2008) HISTORICAL CHANGES IN
AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE PATTERNS IN A TRADITIONAL
IRRIGATED SYSTEM OF ALICANTE PROVINCE, SPAIN: THE CASE
OF LO CONTADOR PROPERTY (CARRIZALES OF ELCHE) 29
J.E. Martínez-Pérez, A. Belda-Antolí, C. Martín-Cantarino
and E. Seva-Román
INFLUENCE OF CHARACTERISTICS OF IRRIGATION CHANNELS
ON THE BREEDING BIRD COMMUNITY OF A WETLAND ZONE
IN SOUTHEAST OF SPAIN 37
A. López-Pomares, G.M. López-Iborra and C. Martín-Cantarino
PARTICIPATORY ASSESSMENT OF FISH DIVERSITY AND G.I.S.
MAPPING OF WATER RESOURCES IN THE BAJO VINALOPÓ AND
THE VEGA BAJA OF SEGURA RIVER 51
E. Seva-Román, A. Belda-Antolí, J.E. Martínez-Pérez
and C. Martín-Cantarino
Felicita Scapini, Jean-Marc Boffa, Elisabeth Conrad, Louis F. Cassar and Mariella Nardi (editors),
Sustainable management of Mediterranean coastal fresh and transitional water bodies: a socio-economic and
environmental analysis of changes and trends to enhance and sustain stakeholder benefits, ISBN 978-88-
6453-015-4 (online) © 2009 Firenze University Press
VI SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF MEDITERRANEAN COASTAL WATER BODIES
LOCAL KNOWLEDGE ASSESSMENT OF FISH DIVERSITY AND
TRADITIONAL FISHING METHODS IN IRRIGATED SYSTEMS IN
THE BAJO VINALOPÓ REGION, SOUTHEASTERN SPAIN 61
A. Belda-Antolí, J.E. Martínez-Pérez, C. Martín-Cantarino
and E. Seva-Román
EFFECTS OF ABANDONMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND SOIL
SALINIZATION ON ARTHROPOD FAUNA IN EL HONDO AREA
(SOUTH-EAST SPAIN) 71
A. López-Pomares and C. Martín-Cantarino
GIS-ASSISTED QUANTIFICATION OF CHANGES BETWEEN
1956 AND 2003 IN THE HEDGEROW NETWORK OF EL HONDO
NATURE PARK ECOSYSTEM IN ALICANTE REGION, SPAIN. 81
M.A. Sanchez-Albert, A. Pastor-López, I. Novella-Ferrandiz, J.E.
Martínez-Pérez and J.A. Pérez-Lahiguera
IS HALOCNEMUM STROBILACEUM (PALL.) M. BIEB. A GOOD
FLAGSHIP SPECIES FOR CONSERVATION OF BIOLOGICAL
DIVERSITY IN COASTAL WETLANDS ECOSYSTEMS? A
PERSPECTIVE FROM WADI SITES IN SPAIN, ITALY AND TUNISIA 91
J.A. Pérez-Lahiguera, A. Pastor-López and D. Ferrandez-Castello
THE ITALIAN STUDY SITE
MACROINVERTEBRATE DIVERSITY IN CULTIVATED AND
UNCULTIVATED SOILS IN RELATION TO ENVIRONMENTAL
FEATURES IN THE MAREMMA REGIONAL PARK (GROSSETO, ITALY) 111
C. Rossano, F. Marra, S. Cecchi and F. Scapini
SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL CHANGES IN THE COMMUNITY
STRUCTURE OF A BEACH-DUNE ECOSYSTEM OF THE MAREMMA
REGIONAL PARK IN RELATION TO ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES 133
I. Colombini, M. Fallaci, E. Gagnarli and L. Chelazzi
THE MOROCCAN STUDY SITE
APPROCHE SPATIALE POUR L’ÉVALUATION QUANTITATIVE DES
RESSOURCES EN EAU DANS LE BASSIN DE TAHADDART AU MAROC 155
A. Emran et B. Ablat
LES CHANGEMENTS RÉCENTS DANS LA COMPOSITION DU
PEUPLEMENT D’OISEAUX D’EAU NICHEURS DU BAS TAHADDART
(NORD-OUEST DU MAROC) 171
A. Qninba, M. Radi et A. El Idrissi Essougrati
TABLE OF CONTENTS VII
ÉVALUATION DE LA BIODIVERSITÉ DES MACROINVERTEBRÉS
AQUATIQUES DE TAHADDART AU MAROC: INTERÊT POUR
LA CONSERVATION ET LA GESTION RATIONNELLE DES
RESSOURCES HYDRIQUES 181
O. Himmi, M. El Alami El Moutaouakil, N. Bennas, B. Belqat
et K. Kettani
TENTATIVE D’APPLICATION DE LA DIRECTIVE CADRE SUR L’EAU
DE L’U.E. POUR LES EAUX DE TRANSITION DE L’OUED GHRIFA:
ÉVALUATION DE LA QUALITÉ ÉCOLOGIQUE D’UN ESTUAIRE
NORD-MAROCAIN 197
A. Bayed et A. Chaouti
RÔLE DES FEMMES ET DES HOMMES DANS L’UTILISATION ET
LA GESTION DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES DANS LE BASSIN
VERSANT D’OUED LAOU (NORD OUEST DU MAROC) 215
S. Fahd, N. Bennas, M. Ater, Y. Hmimsa, L. Fanini, F. Scapini,
M. Abdrabo et F. Bou-salah
THE EGYPTIAN STUDY SITE
SUITABILITY ANALYSIS OF WATER QUALITY IN LAKE MARYUIT
FOR ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES USING G.I.S. TECHNIQUES 237
M.A. Hassaan, L. Serrano, O. Serrano, M.A. Mateo and M. Abdrabo
ECONOMIC VALUATION OF WETLAND ECOSYSTEM. CASE
STUDY: LAKE MARYUIT, EGYPT 255
M.A. Abdrabo
ECONOMIC VALUATION OF LAKE MARYUIT FUNCTION AS
DETERRENT TO URBAN EXPANSION IN ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT 267
M.A. Abdrabo and M.A. Hassaan
THE PORTOGUESE STUDY SITE
MONDEGO CATCHMENT GOODS AND SERVICES ASSESSMENT
UNDER THE MILLENNIUM ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENT SCOPE 279
R. Pinto, J. Patrício, F. Salas, J.M. Neto and J.C. Marques
ABSTRACTS
APERÇU SUR LE COTÉ SOCIAL L’EAU DANS LE NORD-OUEST
MAROCAIN: L’EXEMPLE DES BASSINS OUED LAOU ET TAHADDART 315
M. Abdallaoui, A. Boulifa, N. Chikhiet et M. Ater
VIII SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF MEDITERRANEAN COASTAL WATER BODIES
DIVERSITY OF TERRESTRIAL ISOPODS AT THE NAHLI PARK
(NORTH-EAST OF TUNISIA) 316
M.S. Achouri, S. Hamaïed-Melki, D. Bohli,
and F. Charfi-Cheikhrouha
THE QUALITY OF SUPERFICIAL WATER RESOURCES IN THE
MEJERDA LOW PLAIN (TUNISIA) 316
M.C. Ayadi
LOCOMOTOR ACTIVITY RHYTHM OF TALITRUS SALTATOR
FROM TWO GEOMORPHOLOGICALLY DIFFERENT BEACHES:
KALAAT LANDALOUS AND OUED MEDJERDA 317
A. Ayari, D. Bohli and K. Nasri-Ammar
BIODIVERSITÉ, FONCTIONNEMENT ET ÉTAT DE LA QUALITÉ
ECOLOGIQUE DES STRUCTURES BENTHIQUES DE L’ESTUAIRE
DE TAHADDART 317
H. Bazairi et A.Bayed
LES MACROINVERTEBRÉS AQUATIQUES DU RESEAU
HYDROGRAPHIQUE LAOU ET DU PARC NATIONAL DE
TALASSEMTANE (RIF, MAROC): BIODIVERSITÉ, DEGRÉ DE
VULNERABILITÉ ET ÉTAT DE CONSERVATION 318
N. Bennas, M. El Alami et B. Belqat
ASSESSING EROSIONAL IMPACTS AT COLLELUNGO, PARCO
REGIONALE DELLA MAREMMA 319
L.F. Cassar, E. Conrad and A. Camilleri
ASSESSING IMPACTS IN MEDITERRANEAN WATERSHEDS: WADI
LESSONS 320
E. Conrad, L.F. Cassar and A. Camilleri
RE-ASSESSING ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES IN OUED LAOU,
NORTHERN MOROCCO 320
E. Conrad, L.F. Cassar, A. Camilleri and M. Ater
DIVERSITÉ ET DISTRIBUTION DE QUELQUES ARTHROPODES
LITTORAUX DE QUATRE PLAGES DU N-E DE LA TUNISIE 321
M. El Gtariet et F. Charfi-Cheikhrouha
ÉTUDE DE LA QUALITÉ DE L’EAU DE DEUX BASSINS VERSANTS
NORD MAROCAINS: LAOU ET TAHADDART 322
S. Errochdi, M. El Alami, N. Bennas et B. Belqat
TABLE OF CONTENTS IX
DISTRIBUTION DES AMPHIBIENS DU BASSIN VERSANT D’OUED
LAOU: IMPLICATIONS EN TERMES DE CONSERVATION 322
S. Fahd, M. Medianiet et X. Santos
DIVERSITY AS A TOOL TO FACE ENVIRONMENTAL VARIATION.
TWO CASE-STUDIES ON THE MOROCCAN SANDY SHORES 323
L. Fanini, L. V. Gecchele, S. Gambineri, F. Errahmani,
O. Coleman and F. Scapini
DIVERSITY OF THE TERRESTRIAL ISOPODS IN THE TAHADDART
CATCHMENT AREA (NORTH-WEST OF MOROCCO) 323
S. Hamaïed-Melki, M.S. Achouri and F. Charfi-Cheikhrouha
NUMERICAL IMPORTANCE OF WATERBIRD POPULATIONS
WINTERING IN WADI SITE (TUNISIE) 324
N. Hamdi and F. Charfi-Cheikhrouha
A PRELIMINARY SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF THE POPULATION OF
LIMONIUM ETRUSCUM ARRIGONI ET RIZZOTTO AT PARCO
DELL’UCCELLINA, TUSCANY, ITALY 325
S. Lanfranco
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION AND INTERANNUAL VARIATION OF
MACROPHYTIC VEGETATION COLONISING THE SAND DUNE
SYSTEM AT CALA FRANCESE, COLLELUNGO IN THE MAREMMA
NATIONAL PARK 325
S. Lanfranco
PATRIMOINE DE L’EAU, PATRIMOINE DES HOMMES ET DE LA
CULTURE MÉDITERRANÉENNE ET MONDIALE 326
R.G. Maury
LE TERROIR RAMLI DE GHAR EL MELH (TUNISIE): PEUT-IL
RÉSISTER ENCORE LONGTEMPS ? 327
A. Oueslati et O. El Aroui
LE TERROIR RAMLI DE GHAR EL MELH (TUNISIE): LA
POPULATION IMPLIQUÉE, LE TRAVAIL, LA PLACE DE L’ACTIVITÉ
AGRICOLE DANS L’ÉCONOMIE FAMILIALE ET LES CONTRAINTES 328
A. Oueslati, O. El Aroui et R. Zaiem
BEYOND WADI PROJECT – THE ISSUE OF COMMUNICATION 329
F. Scapini and M. Nardi
X SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF MEDITERRANEAN COASTAL WATER BODIES
ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONING OF TRANSITIONAL WATER
BODIES: FROM CONCEPTUAL AND MECHANISTIC MODELS TO
MANAGEMENT 329
L. Serrano, O. Serrano, R. Pinto, R. Zakhama, Y. Ramsi, F.
Scapini, A. Bayed, M. Abdrabo, M.M. Farag, F. Baccar,
F. Charfi, C. Rossano, D. Nourisson and M.A. Mateo
SEASONAL PATTERN OF CYMODOCEA NODOSA BIOMASS AND
RHIZOME GROWTH IN THE LAGOON OF GHAR EL MELH 331
Y.R. Sghaier, R. Zakhama-Sraieb and F. Charfi-Cheikhrouha
APPORT DE LA GÉOPHYSIQUE POUR LE CONTRÔLE DE
L’INTRUSION MARINE DANS L’AQUIFèRE CÔTIER D’OUED LAOU
(NORD DU MAROC) 331
J. Stitou el Messari M. Himi , A. Casas et. A. Salhi
IMPORTANCE DE LA BASSE VALLÉE DE LA MEDJERDA POUR
L’AVIFAUNE EN TUNISIE 332
M. Touhri et F. Charfi-Cheikhrouha
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INVESTIGATIONS ON POSIDONIA
OCEANICA MEADOWS: AN EXPERIENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL
EDUCATION IN TUNISIA 332
R. Zakhama-Sraieb and F. Charfi-Cheikrouha
PINNA NOBILIS LINNAEUS, 1758, POPULATION IN THE GHAR EL
MELH LAGOON (TUNISIE): BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS 333
R. Zakhama-Sraieb, Y. Ramzi Sghaier, A. Omrane
and F. Charfi-Cheikhrouha