Etang de Berre, France
Main Contributors:
Johanna Yletyinen
Other Contributors:
Summary
Etang de Berre is a Mediterranean lagoon, which has received discharge of a hydroelectric plant since 1966. Inflow of fresh water has increased. Previously rich benthic life has been absent since 1972. Bottom waters, which used to be saturated with oxygen,are now anoxic below 5m depth, and strong salinity stratification has been established. In the southern lagoon there are marine water inflows.
Type of regime shift
Ecosystem type
- Marine & coastal
Land uses
- Fisheries
Spatial scale of the case study
- Local/landscape (e.g. lake, catchment, community)
Continent or Ocean
- Europe
Region
- South Europe
Countries
- France
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Key References
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Rossignol-Strick M. 1985. A marine anoxic event on the Brittany Coast, July 1982. Journal of Coastal Research 1, 11-20
Citation
Johanna Yletyinen.
Etang de Berre, France.
In: Regime Shifts Database, www.regimeshifts.org.
Last revised 2012-01-11 13:44:06 GMT.