Prediction of potential submerged vegetation in a silted coastal marsh, Albufera of Majorca, Balearic Islands

The distribution and dynamics of physico-chemical variables of water upwelling in the wetland gradient of the Albufera, as well as the environmental tolerances of its aquatic macrophytes with respect to the physico-chemical variables of their aquatic environment, are known ( Martinez-Taberner, 1988 ). On this basis, the most probable macrophyte species composition for the different areas of the Albufera may be predicted. We can use this prediction to determine the criteria for the restoration of new environments within the natural park.