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Italian Network for Lagoon Research

Italian Network for Ecological Research in Coastal Zone and Transitional Areas

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Capo Feto

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Capo Feto is a typical Mediterranean wetland (margi) located along the south-western coast of Sicily, 5 km west of Mazara del Vallo (37.68° N, 12.48° E). The study area is included in the inner surface of the Life-Nature project requalification financing to the UE. The marshland has a total extension of 1.4 Km2 and an average depth of 1.75 m. (Fig. 1). The catchment’s area of Capo Feto coastal zone shows the typical feature of wetland habitat. As for the surface hydrology of the wetland area, it’s dry in the summer season except the net of reclamation channels and a few ponds; in the winter season Capo Feto manifests entirely the typical landscape of wetlands with ponds and marsh zones and the typical wildlife of migratory and sedentary birds

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