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SURVEY on the PHYTOPLANKTON of the PROTECTED AREA See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/301684173 SURVEY ON THE PHYTOPLANKTON OF THE PROTECTED AREA "PODA" (June - August 1995) Article · January 1997 CITATIONS READS 0 69 1 author: Maya Stoyneva Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" 182 PUBLICATIONS 696 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects: Algal toxins View project Complex investigation and assessment of the impact of fish cage culture on the hydro-ecosystem in some Bulgarian dam lakes” funded by the National Science Fund, Ministry of Education, Youth and Science of Bulgaria. View project All content following this page was uploaded by Maya Stoyneva on 28 April 2016. The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. Management plan for PODA protected area - Bourgas BULGARIAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS BULGARIAN-SWISS BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION PROGRAMME PROJECT: "PROTECTION AND NATURE EDUCATION IN PODA PROTECTED AREA" MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR PODA PROTECTED AREA NEAR BOURGAS Author: Milen Marinov - Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds Consultants and scientific workers : Dr Petar Yankov Anton Kovatchev Gottlieb Dändliker Lubomir Profirov Dr Stanoi Kovatchev ass. Konstantin Spassov Dr Lachezar Pechlivanov Dr Maia Stoineva Dr Milen Vassilev Dr Dimitar Dimitrov Proff. Angel Angelov Dr Stoitze Andreev Svetla Marinova Tanio Mitchev Milko Dimitrov Konstantin Niagolov Dragomir Dimitrov Borislav Georgiev Ognian Iliev Viktor Gashtarov Rossitza Kaneva Kiril Danailov Vladimir Kemilev Maria Dimitrova Georgi Georgiev Ursula Georgieva BOURGAS, 1997 Bulgarian Society for the protection of Birds / BirdLife International 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS GLOSSARY OF TERMS 5 SUMMARY OF THE MANAGEMENT PLAN 5 PART 0: PREAMBLE 6 0.1. POLICY 6 0.2. NATIONAL OR OTHER SURVEYS 6 0.3. IDENTIFICATION OF SITES 7 0.4. SELECTION OF SITES 7 PART 1: DESCRIPTION & EVALUATION OF THE SITE 8 INTRODUCTION 8 GENERAL INFORMATION 9 1.0. LOCATION INCLUDING SITE BORDERS 9 1.1. LEGAL STATUS 9 1.1.1. Legal status of site. 9 1.1.2. Designation of site. 9 1.1.3. Past status and designations. 9 1.1.4. Torts. 9 1.1.5. Reference to data bases. 10 1.2. MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE 10 1.2.1. Organisation structure and administration. 10 1.2.2. Staff involved and staff responsibilities. 10 1.2.3. Buildings. 10 PHYSICAL FEATURES/ABIOTIC FEATURES 10 1.3. CLIMATE 10 1.3.1. National climate. 10 1.3.2. Regional climate. 10 1.3.3. Site climate. 11 TEMPERATURE 11 RAINFALLS 11 ACTIVE PHOTOSYNTHETIC RADIATION (APR) 11 WINDS 11 1.4. GEOLOGY AND GEOMORPHOLOGY. 12 1.4.1. Solid geology. 12 1.4.2. Drift geology. 12 1.4.3. Hydrology 12 WATER-SALINE REGIME 12 FLUCTUATIONS OF WATER LEVELS 13 1.5. SOILS. 13 BIOLOGICAL FEATURES 13 1.6. COMMUNITIES, ECOSYSTEMS AND BIOTOPES 13 1.7. VEGETATION STRUCTURE 13 1.8. FLORA 14 1.8.1. Lower plants. 14 1.8.2. Higher plants. 14 1.9. FAUNA 15 1.9.1. Invertebrates. 15 1.9.2. Fish 15 1.9.3. Amphibious and reptiles 16 1.9.4. Birds 16 1.9.5. Mammals 18 CULTURAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC FEATURES 18 1.10. CURRENT HUMAN USE: WITHIN THE SITE. 18 1.10.1. Agriculture 18 1.10.2. Forestry 18 1.10.3. Recreation 18 1.10.4. Hunting 18 1.10.5. Fishing 19 1.10.6. Education 19 1.10.7. Research 19 1.10.8. Residential 19 1.10.9. Industrial 19 1.10.10. Others 20 1.11. CURRENT HUMAN USE: ADJACENT TO SITE 20 1.11.1. Land-uses and forestry 20 1.11.2. Present human settlements 20 1.11.3. Industrial 20 1.11.4. Others 20 1.12. PAST HUMAN USE 21 1.13. LANDSCAPE 21 1.14. ADDITIONAL DESCRIPTIVE MATERIAL 22 1.14.1. Bibliography 23 1.14.2. Maps 25 1.14.3. Tables 25 1.14.4. Documents 26 EVALUATION OF THE SITE 26 1.15. ECOLOGICAL 26 1.15.1. Fragility 26 1.15.2. Rarity 26 1.15.3. Naturalness 27 1.15.4. Typicality 27 1.15.5. Stability and instability 27 1.16. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS 27 Potential value 27 EVALUATION OF THE MORE IMPORTANT FEATURE OF THE SITE 29 PART 2: IDEAL OBJECTIVES 30 2.1. IDEAL OBJECTIVES FOR THE SITE 30 2.2. CONSTRAINS 30 RESULTS ACHIEVED FROM BSPB IN MANAGING THE AREA SO FAR 31 PART 3: OPERATIONAL OBJECTIVES AND MANAGEMENT PRESCRIPTIONS 32 3.1. DEFINING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPORTANCE OF PARTICULAR ZONES WITHIN THE PROTECTED NATURAL AREA AND MEASURES FOR THEIR CONSERVATION OR USE. 32 3.2. ESTABLISHING CONTROL OVER INFRINGEMENT THE PROTECTED AREA STATUS, INCLUDING SETTING UP VOLUNTEER GROUPS. 32 3.3. PRESERVING AND IMPROVING NEST-BUILDING CONDITIONS FOR BIRDS IN THE AREA. 32 3. 4. MONITORING THE NESTING, MIGRATORY AND WINTERING BIRD SPECIES POPULATIONS. 32 3.5. INVOLVEMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND AWARENESS OF COMMON PUBLIC (LOCAL, NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL) TO THE PROBLEMS OF PROTECTED NATURAL AREA. 33 3.6. HYDROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. 33 3.7. DESCRIPTION AND TENDENCIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PLANT COMMUNITIES. 34 3.8. WATER BASIN TROPHIC VALUE ASSESSMENT AND DEFINING THE TENDENCIES IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT. 34 3.9. ZOOPLANKTON AND ZOOBENTHOS ASSESSMENT: DISTRIBUTION, NUMBERS, AND BIOMASS IN CERTAIN WATER BASINS OF THE AREA. 34 3.10. CONDITION OF FISH POPULATIONS STATE WITHIN THE PROTECTED AREA, IN THE FRONT BAY AND ADJACENT WATER BASINS. 35 3.11. VALUATION OF VERTEBRATE AND INVERTEBRATE FAUNA CONDITION (FISH AND BIRDS EXCLUDING). 35 3.12. VALUATION THE CONDITION OF INVERTEBRATE FAUNA. 35 DETERMINATION OF PRIORITIES 36 Conservation priorities 36 Priorities of investigations 36 3.5. FIVE YEARS WORKING PLAN 37 FINANCIAL ESTIMATION OF THE MAIN EXPENSES 39 Management plan for PODA protected area - Bourgas GLOSSARY OF TERMS Important Bird Area - territory important for the birds after implementation of new BirdLife criteria. Investigated area - the territory of PODA protected area, Phoros bay, Uzungeren PODA protected area (the site; the territory) - the area with borders described in 1.0. Protected area (according to Bulgarian legislation) - piece of nature with typical landscape, valley, gorge, lake and other which may be used as territory for recreation and tourism. SUMMARY OF THE MANAGEMENT PLAN o o Object: PODA protected area; co-ordinates: 27 27'00''E; 42 27'30''N; UTM-grid: NH 30; NG 39; area: 100.7 ha Location: Immediate to the fence of the last building of the town of Bourgas - Shipyard "Ilia Boiadgiev". Conservation status: Protected area since: April 20, 1989. Important Bird Area since: 1989. Management infrastructure: Owner of the site: the state. Manager of the site: Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) Description of the site: Historically connected with the Bourgas-Mandra firth. Afterwards the territory has established as the most eastern part of Mandra lake. The intensive human activities after sixties lead to considerable changes in its appearance. It is possible different types habitats to be clarified on its current, comparatively small area - fresh water, brackish, salt, hyperhaline water bodies, overflows, etc. PODA is typical representative of lagoon with secondly developed natural habitats. Meaning: In PODA could be found the unique breeding spoonbill colony for the Black Sea coast. It is nesting together with heron species (grey heron, nigh heron, purple heron, little egret). Regularly in the area as breeding species occur glossy ibis. With special interest are included in Bulgarian Red Data Book species (5 plants and 6 animals), as well as new founded for the country species: plant (Chenopodium botryoides), spider (Callilepis cretica), beetles (Pseudocypus cupreus and Ocypus simulator). The territory of the protected area is a habitat also for other rare plant and animal species. Management policy: To protect the site as a key point for the Black Sea coast and the country, which support great variety of plant and animal species. In near future PODA to became a territory where rare plant and animal species to breed and developed aiming their resettlement in the surrounding areas. Main planing activities: Defining the value and the status of the different sections and making control on the trespassers. Supporting and creating new equipment for nesting birds (pile dwelling and heap islands; heron nests; boxes and platforms for ducks, etc.) Creating and supporting Nature protection and information Centre as well as additional equipment for nature conservation education (ecological route; exhibition in the Centre; advertising materials and souvenirs, etc.). Implementing monitoring programmes on: breeding, migratory and wintering birds; water balans and chemical composition of the waters; plant communities (status and developing); phyto-, zooplankton and zoobenthos (degree of the developing of the water bodies); fish populations (status; food spectrum and their presence in the bird's food); status of the vertebrate (excluding fishes and birds) and invertebrate fauna. Bulgarian Society for the protection of Birds / BirdLife International 5 Management plan for PODA protected area - Bourgas PART 0: PREAMBLE 0.1. POLICY The Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) is a voluntary non-governmental organisation. It was established in 1988 with the purpose of conserving and protecting birds and their habitats. In the years of its existence BSPB has won recognition as an operative national organisation based on both a large-scale social support and scientifically-founded priorities and activities. The practical orientation, inner motivation and application of latest environmental methods allowed BSPB to achieve results unknown so far in biological diversity conservation in Bulgaria. The black vulture (Aegypius monachus) was restored to the country's fauna after decades of absence from it. BSPB's high authority is the reason for the Society being involved in all important national environmental initiatives - for instance the National Strategy for biological diversity conservation, the National Programme for biological monitoring, etc.
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