World Species : Protected Area : Etangs palavasiens et étang de l'Estagnol

Etangs palavasiens et étang de l'Estagnol

Location:	France
Area:	16,178 acres (6,547 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Climate:	View Climate Data
Land Use:	View Land Use Data
Köppen climate classification:	Csa (Climate: warm temperate; Precipitation: summer dry; Temperature: hot summer)
Natura 2000 Data Sheet:	View Data Sheet Explanatory notes

Ecoregions

Northeastern Spain and Southern France Mediterranean forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A	B		C		D		E

Share		90 %	10 %	70 %	30 %	70 %	30 %	50 %	30 %	20 %
Soil Type	Eutric Fluvisols	Calcaric Fluvisols	Eutric Gleysols	Rendzic Leptosols	Chromic Cambisols	Eutric Cambisols	Dystric Cambisols	Chromic Cambisols	Chromic Luvisols	Calcaric Cambisols
Topsoil Texture	Fine	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Very poor	Poor	Poor	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Well	Well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well
Available Water Capacity	150 m	150 m	150 m	15 mm	100 m	100 m	100 m	100 m	100 m	100 m
Phase 1	Saline			Stony	Stony			Stony	Stony	Stony
Root Obstacle	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm		40 - 60 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	60 - 80 cm	None to 80 cm	40 - 60 cm
Impermeable Layer	80 - 150 cm	None to 150 cm	80 - 150 cm		None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm
Soil Water Regime	Wet within 80 cm over 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 11 month	Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Wet within 80 cm over 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 11 month		Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor wet within 40 cm for over 1 month
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	4 %	15 %	4 %	16 %	10 %	10 %	10 %	10 %	12 %	6 %
Sand	19 %	34 %	37 %	37 %	49 %	77 %	75 %	49 %	48 %	36 %
Silt	32 %	48 %	40 %	44 %	28 %	14 %	15 %	28 %	28 %	43 %
Clay	49 %	18 %	23 %	19 %	23 %	9 %	10 %	23 %	24 %	21 %
USDA Texture	Clay	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Sandy loam	Sandy loam	Loam	Loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.24 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.27 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	1.19 %	0.6 %	1.07 %	2.13 %	0.98 %	0.7 %	0.7 %	0.98 %	0.83 %	0.65 %
PH	6.2	8	6.2	7.5	6.6	6.9	5.1	6.6	6.3	8
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	38 cmol kg⁻¹	68 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	80 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	24 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	91 %	100 %	88 %	100 %	83 %	91 %	28 %	83 %	88 %	100 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	22.7 cmol kg⁻¹	19.8 cmol kg⁻¹	10.2 cmol kg⁻¹	28.8 cmol kg⁻¹	11.6 cmol kg⁻¹	6.7 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	11.6 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	24.3 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	11.7 %	0 %	6 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	7 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0.2 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	1 %	3 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	5 %	2 %	1 %	1 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.1 dS m-1	0.7 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	3 %	10 %	5 %		9 %	20 %	9 %	9 %	8 %	10 %
Sand	21 %	36 %	36 %		47 %	67 %	68 %	47 %	41 %	34 %
Silt	32 %	46 %	36 %		26 %	16 %	17 %	26 %	25 %	43 %
Clay	47 %	18 %	28 %		27 %	17 %	15 %	27 %	34 %	23 %
USDA Texture	Clay	Loam	Clay loam		Sandy clay loam	Sandy loam	Sandy loam	Sandy clay loam	Clay loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.24 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³		1.38 g/cm³	1.48 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.39 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³		1.44 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.55 %	0.4 %	0.37 %		0.47 %	0.4 %	0.27 %	0.47 %	0.4 %	0.43 %
PH	6.8	8.1	6.6		6.7	7.3	5	6.7	6.4	8.1
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	41 cmol kg⁻¹	84 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹		44 cmol kg⁻¹	48 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	54 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	20 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹		15 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	99 %	100 %	90 %		92 %	91 %	36 %	92 %	90 %	100 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	18.2 cmol kg⁻¹	20.7 cmol kg⁻¹	11.9 cmol kg⁻¹		11.9 cmol kg⁻¹	9.3 cmol kg⁻¹	1.4 cmol kg⁻¹	11.9 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	28.7 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0.2 %	12.2 %	0 %		0.1 %	0.1 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	8.7 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0.2 %	0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.4 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	3 %	2 %		1 %	2 %	5 %	1 %	1 %	1 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.1 dS m-1	0.5 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1		0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1

Soil data provided by FAO/IIASA/ISRIC/ISSCAS/JRC, 2012. Harmonized World Soil Database (version 1.2). FAO, Rome, Italy and IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria.

Köppen climate classification provided by Kottek, M., J. Grieser, C. Beck, B. Rudolf, and F. Rubel, 2006: World Map of Köppen-Geiger Climate Classification updated. Meteorol. Z., 15, 259-263