RT Journal Article
T1 Assessment of the hydrological status of Doñana dune ponds: a natural World Heritage Site under threat
A1 Fernández Ayuso, Ana
A1 Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Miguel
A1 Benavente, J.
K1 Surface water–groundwater interaction
K1 Water balance
K1 Doñana Biological Reserve
K1 Hydrochemistry
K1 Sand dune ponds
AB The hydrological response of shallow ponds to groundwater withdrawal has been of growing concern in the Doñana National Park (southern Spain) in recent decades. This study examines the role of groundwater in maintaining the hydroperiod (i.e. the hydrological regime) in the park’s main dune ponds, by quantifying the groundwater fluxes to/from them. The hydrological characterization was performed by applying different methodologies. Daily hydrological balances registered in the ponds revealed groundwater contributions ranging from 80% of the total water inflows (i.e. groundwater discharge) to a net groundwater recharge from the ponds to the aquifer, and enabled the studied water bodies to be classified as discharge or recharge systems. The recharge systems must have been influenced by the lowering of piezometric levels due to groundwater extraction for urban supply in a nearby coastal resort.
PB Taylor & Francis
YR 2018
FD 2018
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10433/25977
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10433/25977
LA en
NO Fernández-Ayuso, A., Rodríguez-Rodríguez, M., & Benavente, J. (2018). Assessment of the hydrological status of Doñana dune ponds: a natural World Heritage Site under threat. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 63(15-16), 2048-2059.https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2018.1560449
NO The funding for this research came from the Guadalquivir River Basin Authority (Project: Hydrological monitoring and modelling of the pond–aquifer interaction in the stabilized dunes in Doñana).
NO Universidad Pablo de Olavide. Departamento de Sistemas Físicos, Químicos y Naturales
DS RIO
RD May 22, 2026