Mediterranean Coastal Lagoons Review: Sites to Visit before Disappearance

Coastal lagoons are an established priority habitat in the European environment because of biological communities that inhabit them. Their origin is related to transport sediments from a nearby river or movement sands by marine currents produce closure gulf. Therefore, they recent geological formations, which also disappear quickly if environmental conditions change. The 37 coastal with surface area greater than 10 km2 located Mediterranean basin have been identified. Fishing has traditional use these lagoons, addition their as navigation harbor when open sea. Pollution, quality problems and consequences most studied topics publications. Sentinel-2 images taken summer 2020 used study water transparency, suspended matter chlorophyll concentration. result was only six them good ecological condition, but eutrophic due impacts on inflow poor water. cultural values must be protected preserved.