Ramsar Sites of Turkey - Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

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<strong>of</strong> waterbird. 1.589 individuals (1% are 470) Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrines), 1.210-1690 pairs (1% are 410 individuals) White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala), 230-978 individuals (1% are75) Criteria 8 This area is very According to the seasons, fishes migrate to important for the the lagoon to spawn and breed and to finally reproduction <strong>of</strong> fish migrate back to the sea. Amongst these are species. Mullet species (Mugil sp.) sea bream (Sparus aurata), sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) and European eel (Anguilla anguilla). MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE General Directorate <strong>of</strong> Nature Conservation and National Parks under Ministry <strong>of</strong> Environment and Forestry is the responsible authority for activities within the boundaries <strong>of</strong> <strong>Ramsar</strong> Site, while Cultural and Natural Assets Protection Commission under the Ministry <strong>of</strong> Culture and Tourism is the responsible authority for natural sites. Adana Local Wetland Commission (AYSAK) was founded in 2005. The commission administration, provincial directorate <strong>of</strong> environment and forestry, provincial directorate <strong>of</strong> agriculture, regional directorate <strong>of</strong> state waterworks, regional directorate <strong>of</strong> cultural ture, and local NGOs. Convening in every four months under presidency <strong>of</strong> Adana governor, the commission works actively. HYDROLOGICAL ASPECTS The average depth <strong>of</strong> Akyatan Lagoon is 1 meter in the seasons the water level rises and 0.5 meter in the season the water level decreases. Previously, the deepest place <strong>of</strong> Akyatan Lagoon was 2.5 meters, while it decreased to 2 meters at the end <strong>of</strong> 1990s. The freshwater enters the lagoon via precipitation, lagoon, waters flowing from the nearby sinks and leaking from agriculture lands. The annual evaporation and rainfall values (annual evaporation1550 mm, annual rainfall 730 mm) reveal that evaporation value is twice the rainfall. General Information on the Water Quality <strong>of</strong> the Wetland 75
The lake is linked to the sea via a 2-km narrow canal that flows out from southwest. Water flows towa high, and vice versa. So the salinity <strong>of</strong> lake water varies seasonally. The lake water gets fresher due to rainfall and the water carried via the drainage canals during winters, springs;; whereas lake water salinity. increases due to evaporation and salt water inflow from the sea during summers. Salinity is higher in the part that has links to the sea and less in the northern parts, where leaking and drainage waters are effective. The lake water gets polluted because <strong>of</strong> the pesticides and fertilizer remnants carried by the drainage water. Akyatan Lagoon is detected to have been highly polluted by the organic remnants carried from the drainage water <strong>of</strong> agriculture lands. The ground water is also recorded to have been polluted, a 1996 study reveals. Since the freshwater carried by the drainage canals freshens the lagoon water, sea prey fish species such as sea bream cannot enter the lagoon, local people note. According to them the water level and quality decreases due to the pesticides, fertilizer remnants and alluviums carried by the water canals. GEOLOGICAL ASPECTS The units formed in Akyatan Lagoon and its immediate surroundings are divided into two tectonic and stratigraphic groups such as Lower-Middle Miocene old Propylite Formation and Quaternary old units. Propylite Formation is formed as a result <strong>of</strong> the intercalation <strong>of</strong> sandstone, sandy limestone and limestone;; whereas Quaternary old units consist <strong>of</strong> calishe, alluvial and sand dunes. BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS Habitats The <strong>Ramsar</strong> site comprises various habitats as open water surfaces, reed beds, fresh and saltwater swamps, freshwater puddles, ponds, wide sand dune ecosystems and sandbanks. The lagoon area shrinks in summers due to decrease in water amount feeding the lake and high evaporation. The largest sand dunes <strong>of</strong> <strong>Turkey</strong> with an elevation <strong>of</strong> 20 meters and a few kilometers in width are situated in the region, between Akyatan Lagoon and the Mediterranean Sea. There are pits under sea level, situated among sand mounds that lie in row, which are filled with water during rainy periods. Ecologically important freshwater puddles and swamps that never dry located in the northeast <strong>of</strong> the sand dunes. WILDLIFE 76
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