El Saladar de Bristol: Patrimonio vegetal, estado de conservación y propuesta de restauración (Corralejo, Fuerteventura, Islas Canarias)

Abstract

Bristol Salt Marsh has natural and landscape values of high scientific, educational, tourist interest and therefore economic. Especially relevant is its plant heritage: a plant association that is unique in Fuerteventura, Sarcocornietum perennis , and species cataloged by its singularity in the Canaries. However, it suffers the typical degradation of intense urban development pressure (Corralejo) and the general threats to wetlands and coastal tourist areas. For this reason its plant communities are analyzed and mapped and measures for a proper conservation and environmental management are proposed.