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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Conservation of Mediterranean wetlands: Interest of historical approach
Comptes Rendus - Biologies, Volume 334, No. 10, Year 2011
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The wetlands of North Africa are an endangered and invaluable ecological heritage. Some of these wetlands are now protected by various conservation statutes; which actual impact has not yet been reliably evaluated. This article aims to assess the conservation management (Nature Reserve and Ramsar site) of a protected Tunisian lake, Majen Chitane, by using palaeoecological, historical and modern data, and by comparing it with the unprotected lake Majen Choucha. While located in similar environments, these lakes are today home to very different flora. Baseline conditions reconstructed from literature indicate that both lakes were very similar until the 1950s, and comparable to the current state of Majen Choucha, housing rich oligotrophic plant communities. In the 1960s, at the time that cultivation of the adjacent peatland began, Majen Chitane underwent strong ecological changes as the initial oligotrophic plant, diatom and zooplankton communities were replaced by eutrophication-tolerant ones. Eutrophication led to the local extinction of 40-55% of the hydrophytic and temporary-pool plant species, including those characteristic of the Isoetion. Given the damages and despite the recent conservation status of the site, it's unlikely that Majen Chitane will undergo any natural regeneration. Restoring it would start with completely protecting the complex lake-peatland and re-introducing the locally extinct species from Majen Choucha. This work exemplifies the usefulness of connecting palaeoecological, historical and modern data for the conservation of Mediterranean wetlands. © 2011 Académie des sciences. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Daoud-Bouattour, Amina
Tunisia, Tunis
Université de Tunis el Manar, Faculté Des Sciences de Tunis
Tunisia, Manouba
Faculté Des Lettres, Des Arts et Des Humanités de la Manouba
Müller, Serge D.
France, Montpellier
Université de Montpellier
Jamaa, Hafawa Ferchichi Ben
Tunisia, Tunis
Université de Tunis el Manar, Faculté Des Sciences de Tunis
Tunisia, Manouba
Faculté Des Lettres, Des Arts et Des Humanités de la Manouba
France, Montpellier
Université de Montpellier
Saad-Limam, Semia Ben
Tunisia, Tunis
Université de Tunis el Manar, Faculté Des Sciences de Tunis
Tunisia, Manouba
Faculté Des Lettres, Des Arts et Des Humanités de la Manouba
Rhazi, Laïla
Morocco, Casablanca
Hassan Ii University of Casablanca
Soulié-Märsche, Ingéborg
France, Montpellier
Université de Montpellier
Rouissi, Maya
Tunisia, Tunis
Université de Tunis el Manar, Faculté Des Sciences de Tunis
Tunisia, Manouba
Faculté Des Lettres, Des Arts et Des Humanités de la Manouba
Touati, Besma
Tunisia, Tunis
Université de Tunis el Manar, Faculté Des Sciences de Tunis
Tunisia, Manouba
Faculté Des Lettres, Des Arts et Des Humanités de la Manouba
Jilani, Imtinen Ben Haj
Tunisia, Manouba
Faculté Des Lettres, Des Arts et Des Humanités de la Manouba
Tunisia, Tunis
University of Carthage, Institut National Agronomique de Tunisie
Gammar, Amor Mokhtar
Tunisia, Manouba
Faculté Des Lettres, Des Arts et Des Humanités de la Manouba
Ghrabi-Gammar, Zeineb
Tunisia, Manouba
Faculté Des Lettres, Des Arts et Des Humanités de la Manouba
Tunisia, Tunis
University of Carthage, Institut National Agronomique de Tunisie
Statistics
Citations: 22
Authors: 11
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.crvi.2011.07.006
ISSN:
16310691
e-ISSN:
17683238
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