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The potential of wetlands and barrier islands as a coastal defense in mitigating the storm surge

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
A critical aspect of coastal protection is the role of barrier islands and wetlands in mitigating storm surges. However, the level of protection offered by these natural features can vary based on their geographical characteristics and the storms they ...
Aditya Gupta, Matthew V. Bilskie, C. Brock Woodson   +2 more
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The role of geological mouth islands on the morphodynamics of back-barrier tidal basins [PDF]

Earth Surface Dynamics, 2022
Researchers have extensively investigated the back-barrier islands morphodynamics using numerical methods. However, the influence of rocky mouth islands, which may be submerged by sea-level rise, has been rarely explored.
Y. Wei, Y. Chen, J. Qiu, Z. Zhou, Z. Zhou, P. Yao, Q. Jiang, Z. Gong, G. Coco, G. Coco, I. Townend, I. Townend, C. Zhang   +12 more
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A checklist of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) associated with the Vypin-Kadamakkudy Barrier Island System, Kerala, India

Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 2023
Barrier islands are one of the most dynamic ecosystems that are constantly changing with waves, wind, tidal energies, and so on. These islands are placed parallel to the shore with gently sloping coastal plains and a moderate tidal range supported by ...
Chitra Rajagopal, Anu Anto, Vinod Kavumkeril Vijayan   +2 more
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A cross-scale study for compound flooding processes during Hurricane Florence [PDF]

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2021
We study the compound flooding processes that occurred in Hurricane Florence (2018), which was accompanied by heavy precipitation, using a 3D creek-to-ocean hydrodynamic model.
F. Ye, W. Huang, Y. J. Zhang, S. Moghimi, E. Myers, S. Pe'eri, H.-C. Yu   +6 more
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Leveraging the Interdependencies Between Barrier Islands and Backbarrier Saltmarshes to Enhance Resilience to Sea-Level Rise

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
Barrier islands and their backbarrier saltmarshes have a reciprocal relationship: aeolian and storm processes transport sediment from the beaches and dunes to create and build marshes along the landward fringe of the island.
Christopher J. Hein, Michael S. Fenster, Keryn B. Gedan, Jeff R. Tabar, Emily A. Hein, Todd DeMunda   +5 more
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Piping plovers demonstrate regional differences in nesting habitat selection patterns along the U.S. Atlantic coast

Ecosphere, 2021
Habitat studies that encompass a large portion of a species’ geographic distribution can explain characteristics that are either consistent or variable, further informing inference from more localized studies and improving management successes throughout
Sara L. Zeigler, Benjamin T. Gutierrez, Anne Hecht, Nathaniel G. Plant, Emily J. Sturdivant   +4 more
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Evaluation of Machine Learning Algorithms in the Classification of Multispectral Images from the Sentinel-2A/2B Orbital Sensor for Mapping the Environmental Dynamics of Ria Formosa (Algarve, Portugal)

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2023
With the growing availability of remote sensing orbital spatial data, the applications of machine learning (ML) algorithms have been leveraging the field of process automation in image classification.
Flavo Elano Soares de Souza, José Inácio de Jesus Rodrigues   +1 more
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An annotated checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of North Padre Island, Texas, USA, with comparisons to adjacent barrier island and mainland herpetofauna [PDF]

ZooKeys, 2021
Padre Island is the world’s longest barrier island and includes the longest stretch of undeveloped barrier island in the world. Largely due to harsh environmental conditions and difficult access, only cursory and incomplete checklists and subjective ...
Mike Duran
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Quantifying Recent Storm-Induced Change on a Small Fetch-Limited Barrier Island along North Carolina’s Crystal Coast Using Aerial Imagery and LiDAR

Coasts, 2022
Barrier islands within sheltered environments are an important natural defense from severe storm impacts for coastal communities worldwide. Despite their importance, these fetch-limited barrier islands remain understudied and their ability to withstand ...
Hannah Sirianni, Matthew J. Sirianni, David J. Mallinson, Niels L. Lindquist, Lexia M. Valdes-Weaver, Michael Moody, Brian Henry, Christopher Colli, Brian Rubino, Manuel Merello Peñalver, Carter Henne   +10 more
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Natural and nature based features for environmental enhancement and coastal storm risk management: a case study on Marco Island, Florida, United States

Frontiers in Built Environment, 2022
Natural and Nature-Based systems provide an opportunity for adaptive response to Coastal Storm Risk Management and Sea Level Rise. The Tigertail Lagoon/Sand Dollar Island Restoration on Marco Island, Florida, presents a case study designed to maintain ...
Mohamed A. Dabees, Matthew Fleming, Marc Damon   +2 more
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