Coastal sand dune flora in the Thoothukudi District, Tamil Nadu, southern India
Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2011 Coastal sand dunes (CSD) are found in the Thoothukudi District and the communities living close to the coastal sand dunes know the value of the sand dunes and their bioresources.
K. Muthukumar, A.S. Samuel
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Physico-Chemical Characteristics of Coastal Dunes on the Saros Gulf, Turkey [PDF]
, 2010 In the present paper, several physico-chemical characteristics of dune sands in a rapidly prograding delta environment on the east coast of the Saros Gulf, northwest Turkey, are presented. For accurate characterization and classification of coastal dunes
Bozcu, Mustafa +4 more
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The distribution and impact of an invasive plant species (Senecio inaequidens) on a dune building engineer (Calamagrostis arenaria) [PDF]
NeoBiota, 2022 Disturbance is thought to enhance the probability of invasive species establishment, a prerequisite for naturalisation. Coastal dunes are characterised by disturbance in the form of sand dynamics.
Ruben Van De Walle +3 more
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Extending the DPSIR framework to analyse Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response of sand dune management in Manawatu-Whanganui (New Zealand) since the 19th century [PDF]
, 2022 Coastal sand dunes are multifunctional landscapes with rich biodiversity. In New Zealand, with the establishment of European settlement around 1840, dunes in the Manawatu-Whanganui region were affected due to the removal of their vegetation cover by ...
Dias, Joao +2 more
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Vegetative and reproductive phenological patterns in coastal dunes in S Spain
Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid, 2015 The phenology of Mediterranean plant species has been extensively studied in different types of ecosystems. However, very little research has been conducted on dune ecosystems.
Carmen Rodríguez-Gallego +1 more
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Remote Sensing, 2023 Coastal dunes that transgress typically move landward, while their reverse movement is not well understood. The article discusses the study of barchan and barchanoid dunes in the Lagoa do Peixe National Park in the coastal plain of Rio Grande do Sul ...
Rogério Portantiolo Manzolli +4 more
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A comprehensive approach to evaluate coastal dune evolution in Haiyang, China
Frontiers in Marine ScienceCoastal dunes record the evolutionary process of coastal dynamic geomorphological systems, and provide valuable information on climate change, sea level changes, environmental evolution. These dunes are essential for global change research.
Deming Ma +3 more
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Coastal Dunes of the Baltic Sea Shores: A Review
Quaestiones Geographicae, 2018 The article summarises results of studies conducted along the Baltic Sea sandy coasts by scientists involved in coastal dune research, and presents an attempt to describe the types and distribution of dune coasts.
Łabuz Tomasz Arkadiusz +7 more
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Les risques naturels littoraux dans le Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
VertigO, 2010 The coast of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region largely consists of wide sandy beaches and coastal dunes, locally interrupted by estuaries, coastal settlements and some rocky cliffs.
Arnaud Héquette
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Morphological Response of Coastal Dunes to Typhoons and Winter Monsoons on Pingtan Island, China
Journal of Marine Science and EngineeringWind plays a crucial role in the formation of coastal dunes, and in China, these dunes are shaped by the combined effects of typhoons and winter monsoons. However, the unique characteristics of Chinese coastal dunes impacted by these forces remain poorly
Lin Yang, Yuxiang Dong, Dequan Huang
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