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1 PAR001 - Kolympithres marsh Wetland description Geographical data Region: Kyklades Regional section: Notio Aigaio Island: Paros Municipality: Paros Closest settlement: Naousa Distance from closest settlement: 2.3 km west Coordinates (WGS84): E N Fundamental data Wetland location: 1. Marine/Coastal Wetland category: Natural Area: 9.82 hectares Hydrological interaction with other wetland: No Water salinity: 3.Brackish ( g/l) Fresh water entry: Torrent / Stream Surface water runoff: Outflow from lakeshore or river Open water area (%): Hydroperiod: 1. Permanent Protection status Category of Type of protection status Site name protection status Habitat and species Special protection area protected area Nisides Parou kai notia Antiparos kai thalassia periochi General urban plans/spatial Paralia Limnes D. tis and urban organization of Naousas-Elos open cities/urban Kolympithres development control zones Laws, Presidential Decrees, common ministerial decisions, etc. Landscape of special natural beauty Elos Kolympithres Code Coverage (%) Legislation GR ΚΥΑ 50743/2017 (ΦΕΚ 4432/Β/2017) 75 Γ.Π.Σ. (ΦΕΚ 148/ΑΑΠ/2012) 55 Π.Δ. (ΦΕΚ 229/ΑΑΠ/2012) Y422PAR001 Υ.Α. (ΦΕΚ 1455/Β/1975)

2 Protected Without defined zones archaeological area Archaiologiki periochi Plastira, Kolympithres Laws, Presidential Decrees, common ministerial decisions, etc. Y422PAR Υ.Α. (ΦΕΚ 849/Β/1979) 25 Π.Δ. (ΦΕΚ 229/ΑΑΠ/2012) designations CDDA designation CDDA code Category IUCN PA category Important Bird Area IBA Code Site name GR153 Paros and Antiparos islands and surrounding islets 15 National Wetland Inventory Code Site name GR Elos Kolympithres Parou Wetland status Status (MEDWET): 3 - Original habitats/landform partially modified (10-50% untouched) Property status Government - Municipal / Private Wetland values 102 Ground water discharge 106 Shoreline stabilisation 109 Food chain support 110 Wildlife habitat 111 Active recreation 204 Agricultural resources Human activities in wetland Activities Intensity 100 = Cultivation 140 = Grazing 141 = abandonment of pastoral systems High 402 = discontinuous urbanisation 423 = disposal of inert materials 502 = roads motorways 608 = camping and caravans 609 = other sport/tourism complexes 620 = Outdoor sports and leisure activities

3 701 = water pollution 802 = reclamation of land from sea estuary or marsh 803 = infilling of ditches dykes ponds pools marshes or pits Human activities in catchment area Activities Intensity 105 = extensive cultivations 120 = Fertilisation Unknown 230 = Hunting Unknown 402 = discontinuous urbanisation 430 = Agricultural structures 502 = roads motorways Impacts on wetland Impact type Intensity AS- = Loss of scenic value LW- = Decrease in wilderness/wildlife values Habitat types Habitat types 1110 Sandbanks which are slightly covered by sea water all the time 1130 Estuaries 1160 Large shallow inlets and bays 1310 Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand 1410 Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi) 2110 Embryonic shifting dunes 2120 Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria ( white dunes ) 2230 Malcolmietalia dune grasslands 3260 Water courses of plain to montane levels with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation Wetland types (Ramsar) Wetland type A -- Permanent shallow marine waters in most cases less than six metres deep at low tide; includes sea bays and straits E -- Sand, shingle or pebble shores; includes sand bars, spits and sandy islets; includes dune systems and humid dune slacks F -- Estuarine waters; permanent water of estuaries and estuarine systems of deltas G -- Intertidal mud, sand or salt flats Vegetation Vegetation type Ammophilous Halophytic Shrubby / Arborescent Submerged

4 Wet meadow Flora Species Dominance Ammophila arenaria Arundo donax Carex sp. Co-dominant Halimione portulacoides Juncus sp. Juniperus sp. Phoenix sp. Phragmites australis Pistacia lentiscus Eryngium maritimum Ranunculus sp. Co-dominant Scirpus sp. Serapias sp. Tamarix sp. Salicornia sp. Fauna Mammals Birds Number Nesting status Charadrius dubius Scopoli, 1786 Πιθανά φωλιάζει Tringa sp. Δεν φωλιάζει Ardea cinerea L., 1758 Δεν φωλιάζει Egretta garzetta (L., 1766) Δεν φωλιάζει Motacilla cinerea Tunstall, 1771 Πιθανά φωλιάζει Reptiles Amphibians Fishes Invertebrates Georgiadis, N., Κ. Paragamian, Th. Giannakakis, D. Poursanidis and G. Catsadorakis. 2010a. Inventory and assessment of Paros wetlands. Final report. WWF Greece. 150pp. (In Greek.) Zalidis, Ch. G., and A. Mantzavelas (coordinators) Inventory of Greek wetlands as natural resources (First approach). Greek Biotope/Wetland Centre (ΕΚΒΥ), Thermi. 587pp. (In Greek.) Catsadorakis, G., and Κ. Paragamian Inventory of the Aegean islands wetlands: Identity, ecological status and threats. World Wide Fund for Nature - WWF Greece, Athens. 392pp. (In Greek.)

5 Portolou, D., S. Bourdakis, Ch. Vlachos, Th. Kastritis and T. Dimalexis (eds) Important Bird Areas of Greece: Priority sites for conservation. Hellenic Ornithological Society, Athens. 497pp. (In Greek.)

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