Cazzin, M., Ghirelli L., Mion D., Scarton, F.: Completamento della cartografia della vegetazione e degli habitat della laguna di Venezia: Anni 2005-2007. (Final mapping of vegetation and habitats in the lagoon of Venice: years 2005-2007)Lavori SocietÃ Veneziana di Scienze Naturali, 34: 81-89, 2009.

Zusammenfassung:	From 2006 to 2007 it was brought to the end the vegetation mapping of saltmarshes and reedbeds occurring in the open lagoon of Venice (fish farms and “Casse di Colmata” A, B and D/E were not included). Research was conducted as part of the C.8.6 "Monitoring of morphological interventions" study, on behalf of the Magistrato alle Acque-Consorzio Venezia Nuova. The entire map resulting is of considerable importance both for the breadth of the study and for the accuracy on investigation. Digitization took place using ArcGis 9.x (1:5.000) on the basis of Ikonos (2001) and QuickBird (2003) images, as well as airborne images (2005 - 2006). Among the habitats of European Community importance, there were significant areas of the Mediterranean salt steppes (Nature 2000 code: 1510, Limonietalia), with 782 hectares; Salicornia and other annuals colonising mud and sand (1310), with 655 hectares; Spartina swards (1320, Spartinion maritimae), with 482 hectares; Mediterranean salt meadows (1410, Juncetalia Maritime), with 347 hectares; Mediterranean and thermo-Atlantic halophilous scrubs (1420, Sarcocornietea fruticosae), with 626 hectares; Annual vegetation of drift lines (1210), with 80 hectares.

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