Doñana Long-Term Socio-ecological Research Platform - Spain

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Site Name
Doñana Long-Term Socio-ecological Research Platform
Short name
Doñana LTSER Platform
Country
Spain
Operating Organisation
Site Description
Protected in 1968, Doñana National Park (537 km2) is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, a Ramsar Site and a Natural World Heritage Site. It contains the largest wetland in Western Europe, a intricate matrix of marshlands (270 km2), phreatic lagoons, a 25 km-long dune ecosystem with its respective shoreline and representative Mediterranean terrestrial plant communities. Doñana is both a critical stopover site for Palearctic birds migrating to Africa and an important overwintering site for waterfowl. Doñana LTSER platform comprises both the protected area and the surrounding territories (2736 km2) where a complex landscape matrix composed by rice fields, fisheries, irrigated crops, berry greenhouses, vineyards, olives and pine afforestations hold the tributary streams that pour their water to the fluvial marshland, the main figure of Doñana. Doñana surroundings hold over 180000 permanent inhabitants. Inside the protected land, the main 3 ecosystems sustain more than 1550 species of vascular plants, 900 species of arthropods, up to 400 breeding and migratory bird species, 38 mammal species, 72 species of fishes, 40 reptile and amphibian species.
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2024-09-09 10:09:31

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1969
Observed properties
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER (LTER_EU_ES_001)This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
LTER Spain (LTER_EU_ES_001)This site is a verified "LTER Spain" member.
LTER Europe (LTER_EU_ES_001)This site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
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DPSIR framework for the Doñana LTSER Platform
DPSIR framework for the Doñana LTSER Platform
Eddy Covariance sensors for the Juniper long-term monitoring plot
Eddy Covariance sensors for the Juniper long-term monitoring plot
Marsh sampling by horse riding and boat
Marsh sampling by horse riding and boat
Iberian lynx is one of the most emblematic species present at Doñana protected areas
Iberian lynx is one of the most emblematic species present at Doñana protected areas
Laboratory labelling of long-term monitoring samples
Laboratory labelling of long-term monitoring samples
Aquatic macroinvertebrate samples from wetlands long-term monitoring
Aquatic macroinvertebrate samples from wetlands long-term monitoring
Reading of the permanent limnimetric scales allow to record water column in Doñana marshes
Reading of the permanent limnimetric scales allow to record water column in Doñana marshes
Field logistics for wetland macroinvertebrates sampling
Field logistics for wetland macroinvertebrates sampling
Bird nests revision is part of the long-term monitoring of watefowl productivity
Bird nests revision is part of the long-term monitoring of watefowl productivity
At the mouth of the Guadalquivir River the long-term monitoring uses remote sensing to monitor shoreline accretion and erosion
At the mouth of the Guadalquivir River the long-term monitoring uses remote sensing to monitor shoreline accretion and erosion
Geographic
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Latitude: 36.97 Longitude: -6.39

Size
ca. 273600.00ha
Elevation (average)
5.00msl
Elevation (min)
0.00msl
Elevation (max)
32.00msl
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