Archipelago of Signilskär-Märket

The archipelago of Signilskär-Märket is a site marine Ramsar of Finland located in the west of the archipelago and territory of Åland, in the Baltic, more precisely in Mer of Åland. Created on May 28th, 1974 on the commune of Eckerö, it includes very many island S, small islands and Récif S of which the island of Märket, from where it draws its name and covers wetlands, maritime and terrestrial.

Protected areas

The majority of the archipelago of Signilskär-Märket is made of extended from Sea water of less than six meters of depth to low Marée which discovers a intertidal zone mainly made up of Roche S, of Falaise S, Récif S and Lagune S.

The terrestrial wetlands are made of Arbrisseau X pushing in Marais and wet meadows.

Fauna and flora

Principal the fauna of the archipelago of Signilskär-Märket is made up of very many species of marine birds which come there to reproduce there, there to winter and to stop there at the time of the migrations.

marine mammals were announced in water bathing the archipelago.

Certain floral species of the archipelago rare or are threatened of extinction and form sometimes singular communities.

Harmful effects and pollution

The sector of the archipelago of Signilskär-Märket is the subject of an important sea traffic (fishings, goods transport and passengers) and counts firm aquicultural which involve a pollution and a Eutrophisation of water to which are added a human presence causing of the harmful effects on the fauna and the Flore (disordered state of the reproductive cycles).

Appendices

External bond

International Wetlands - Card of information of 2005 on the archipelago of Signilskär-Märket

Source

International Weltands

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