Advertise with Googlier.com http://www.bio-e.org/taxonomy/term/52/all en http://www.bio-e.org/lib/pond-environments-cyprus <div class="field field-type-text field-field-article-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="body-field-content"><p>Threatened oases</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-article-teaser-im"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_article_teaser_im" width="450" height="250" alt="" src="http://www.bio-e.org/sites/default/files/articles/threatenedwetlandssecyprus-09-paralimni-450.jpg?1306763076" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-featured-switch"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Featured </div> </div> </div> <div class="body-field-content"><p><em>By Stam Zogaris</em></p> </div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-article-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_article_image" width="862" height="646" title="Oroklini: ponds, tamarisk shrublands and farmland – a richly biodiverse combination. A buffer zone around the ponds and other wetland habitats needs to be protected from imminent housing developments." alt="Oroklini: ponds, tamarisk shrublands and farmland." src="http://www.bio-e.org/sites/default/files/articles/threatenedwetlandssecyprus-01-oroklini.jpg?1306763159" /> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_article_image" width="865" height="649" title="Black-necked stilt breeding at Oroklini." alt="Black-necked stilt breeding at Oroklini." src="http://www.bio-e.org/sites/default/files/articles/threatenedwetlandssecyprus-02-oroklini.jpg?1306763160" /> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_article_image" width="1269" height="952" title="Oroklini: One of the few natural pond habitats with open water in the southeast of Cyprus." alt="Oroklini:One of the few natural pond habitats with open water in the southeast o" src="http://www.bio-e.org/sites/default/files/articles/threatenedwetlandssecyprus-03-oroklini.jpg?1306763160" /> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_article_image" width="495" height="372" title="Housing developments built too close to the lagoon canal on formerly marshy lands next to the shoreline." alt="Housing developments buit too close to the laggon canal on formerly marshy lands" src="http://www.bio-e.org/sites/default/files/articles/threatenedwetlandssecyprus-04-oroklini.jpg?1306763160" /> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_article_image" width="833" height="610" title="Little-ringed plover; perfect camouflage." alt="Little-ringed plover; perfect camouflage." src="http://www.bio-e.org/sites/default/files/articles/threatenedwetlandssecyprus-05-oroklini.jpg?1306763160" /> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_article_image" width="821" height="616" title="Housing developments threaten remnant pond in the former lake’s basin." alt="Housing developments threaten remnant pond in the former lake’s basin." src="http://www.bio-e.org/sites/default/files/articles/threatenedwetlandssecyprus-06-paralimni.jpg?1306763160" /> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_article_image" width="555" height="493" title="Spur-winged Plover, a rare breeder." alt="Spur-winged Plover, a rare breeder." src="http://www.bio-e.org/sites/default/files/articles/threatenedwetlandssecyprus-07-paralimni.jpg?1306763160" /> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_article_image" width="620" height="419" title="Moto-cross, shooting-range, off-road driving, poaching on the Paralimni lake bed." alt="Moto-cross, shooting-range, off-road driving, poaching on the Paralimni lake bed" src="http://www.bio-e.org/sites/default/files/articles/threatenedwetlandssecyprus-08-paralimni.jpg?1306763161" /> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_article_image" width="919" height="407" title="Pond habitats within the Paralimni lake basin. This degraded ephemerally-wet lake-bed is one of the last remaining natural wetland relics in southeast Cyprus." alt="Pond habitats within the Paralimni lake basin." src="http://www.bio-e.org/sites/default/files/articles/threatenedwetlandssecyprus-09-paralimni.jpg?1306763161" /> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://www.bio-e.org/lib/pond-environments-cyprus" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.bio-e.org/lib/pond-environments-cyprus#comments Cyprus pond ponds threatened Mon, 30 May 2011 13:54:06 +0000 aris 65 at http://www.bio-e.org