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Marine Protected Area of Acantilados de Maro-Cerro Gordo
There are currently two seagrass programmes running in the Marine Protected Area of Acantilados de Maro-Cerro Gordo.
RECOMAR has the primary goal of optimising techniques and developing tools for the recovery and monitoring of Cymodocea nodosa meadows.
CLIMAREST is a European project focuses on Zostera marina and Nanozostera noltii restoration in Ireland and southern Spain. It aims to implement tools for restoration actions, monitor seagrass ecosystems and promote stakeholder engagement.
In Spain the restoration actions are being led by the Universidad de Málaga in the Marine Protected Area of Acantilados de Maro-Cerro Gordo.
Mar Menor
The Mar Menor is an iconic Mediterranean coastal lagoon located in the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula, in the region of Murcia, Spain. It is one of the largest lagoon ecosystems in the Western Mediterranean (Coastal lagoons are a priority habitat (EU code 1150*), with an approximate area of 136 km², and with a mean and maximum depth of 4m and 7m, respectively.
The Mar Menor is seperated from the Mediterranean Sea by a sandy bar known as La Manga, this allows exchange of water with the Mediterranean Sea through a natural channel the Encañizadas, and two artificial canals, El Estacio and the Gola de Marchamalo which were artificially constructed in 1860 for fisheries.