RT Journal Article
T1 Exploring NAO influence on waterbirds abundance through hydrological changes in a Mediterranean coastal wetland.
A1 Conejo-Orosa, Teresa
A1 Muñoz-Gallego, Antonio Román
A1 Reche, Isabel
A1 Montes-Pérez, Jorge Juan
A1 Rodríguez-Gómez, Sofía
A1 Moreno-Ostos, Enrique
K1 Aves acuáticas - Guadalhorce (Río, Desembocadura)
K1 Lluvia
K1 Precipitaciones atmosféricas
K1 Nivel del mar
K1 Zonas húmedas
AB Predicting how waterbird populations may respond to climate change is a major challenge for conservation, which could be addressed by understanding the effects of large-scale climate oscillations, such as the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), on breeding population size. Here, we explore the relationship between the NAO position and the abundance of waterbird breeding pairs in a protected Mediterranean coastal wetland (Mouth of the Guadalhorce River, Málaga, southern Iberian Peninsula). We found a significant and negative relationship between the winter NAO index and the abundance of grebes (r=-0.72, N=15, p<0.01), rails (r=-0.74, N=15, p<0.01), diving ducks (r=-0.56, N=15, p<0.05) and dabbling ducks (r=-0.54, N=15, p<0.05). Our results suggest that this relation is mediated by the NAO indirect effects on wetland flooded surface via changes in winter precipitation and Mediterranean sea level. These results should be considered to design appropriate environmental management strategies devoted to preventing or mitigating potential deleterious effects of the NAO variability on Mediterranean wetlands ecosystems and preserving their valuable waterbird communities.
PB Asociación Ibérica de Limnología
YR 2024
FD 2024
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/40343
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/40343
LA eng
NO Conejo-Orosa, T., A. Román Muñoz, I. Reche, J.J. Montes-Pérez, S. Rodríguez-Gómez, E. Moreno-Ostos. 2024.  Exploring NAO influence on waterbirds abundance through hydrological changes in a Mediterranean coastal wetland. Limnetica, 43(2): 317-331
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 21 ene 2026