Increased irrigation in Mar Menor linked to reduction of tenebrionid beetles

Sunday, November 16, 2008 - 09:57 in Biology & Nature

Hydrological changes over the past 24 years in the Mar Menor, including increased irrigation, are altering habitats and biological communities of the wetland area. Researchers from the University of Murcia and the Miguel Hernandez University have studied tenebrionid beetles and how their numbers have declined as a result of increased ground moisture and salinity...

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