LTSER Minho Estuary - Portugal

Basic Information
Site Name
LTSER Minho Estuary
Short name
LTSER Minho
Country
Portugal
Site Manager
Ana Marta Gonçalves
Joao Carlos Marques
Site Description
The Minho River estuary is located in the western Iberian margin (SW Europe), in the border region between the Minho (north of Portugal) and Galicia (Spain) regions. It is classified as a mesotidal estuary, covering a total area of 23 km2. The estuary has a great socio-economic importance, providing goods and services to about 80,000 of persons. It has also a high ecological value, mainly due to its large diversity of habitats and biodiversity (it is included in NATURA 2000; it is classified as a “Zona de Protecção Especial para Aves” (ZEP), an “Important Bird Area” (IBA) and is a CORINE Biotope). The high productivity of this estuary makes it a refuge place for nursery and feeding of marine species, essential to ecosystem ...
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2023-08-08 10:08:14

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2013
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
LTER Europe✔This site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
LTER Portugal✔ (LTER_EU_PT_011)This site is a verified "LTER Portugal" member.
Photos
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Geographic
2 km
1 mi
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 41.900704 Longitude: -8.827

Size
ca. 2730.00ha
Elevation (average)
-15.00msl
Elevation (min)
48.00msl
Elevation (max)
10.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Coastal
Biome
Coastal
Ecosystem Type
Coastal
Biogeographical Region
Atlantic Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Coastal habitats (B)
Habitat complexes (X)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
14.00°C
Precipitation Annual
1946.00mm
Protection Level (IUCN category)
Category II – National Park
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
mainly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
micro sites
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
plot without link to explicit catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data services » Data portal
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Paper
Data infrastructure » Data storage » XML database
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Structured file
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Proprietary file format
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
No
Access Type
boat
Permanent Operation
No
Site Visit Interval
60
Maintenance Interval
60
General Data Policy
Co-authorship on publications resulting from use of the dataset
LTER Site Classification
LTSER
Related Resources on DEIMS-SDR
1 dataset(s) in total:
Biological and Physico-chemical data for LTER ESTUARIES (Minho Estuary LTER_EU_PT_011)
There is EURO-CORDEX climate scenario data available for this site:
Projected Near Surface Specific Humidity ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Precipitation ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Sea Level Pressure ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Surface Downwelling Shortwave RadiationRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Wind SpeedRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Maximum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Minimum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85

You can also download the entire climate scenario dataset for this site from the EUDAT B2SHARE data store.