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AQUASON<br />

5th International Symposium on Ecohydraulics 2004 – <strong>Aquatic</strong> <strong>Habitat</strong>s: Analysis & Restoration<br />

12 th -17<br />

th September, Madrid, Spain<br />

Case study: Santoña estuary<br />

• Asón river estuary, Santoña (Northern Spain), included<br />

1994 in the RAMSAR listing<br />

• Objective: asses <strong>and</strong> map distribution <strong>and</strong> abundance of<br />

two seagrass species, Zostera marina (eelgrass) <strong>and</strong><br />

Zostera noltii<br />

• Transect spacing 20m, one sample each 0,31m (~1 ft)<br />

• Total area of 387ha surveyed on a total of 11 days<br />

(Aug.-Sept. 2000), corresponding to about 800.000<br />

samples

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