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Costal Erosion: The Future of Sandy Beaches
Proceedings of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2022 The coastal zone is a constantly changing area and is one of the most vulnerable one because of climate crisis. In addition to the high concentration of population in coastal areas, there is also high activity in sectors such as tourism, trade and work.
Niki Evelpidou +2 more
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Structure of meiofaunal communities in an urban tropical sandy beach in Pernambuco, Brazil
Ciencias Marinas, 2023 Sandy beaches are among the most extensive coastal ecosystems in Brazil and constitute important buffer zones between terrestrial and marine environments. The present study aimed to analyze the distribution and spatiotemporal variation of the meiofaunal
Mariana F Cavalcanti +3 more
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Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 2012 In 2009, the staphylind fauna was studied in six habitats of the Baltic Sea coast of Schleswig-Holstein (northern Germany). The following habitats lagoon, sandy beach, shingle beach, primary dune, wooded cliff, and woodless cliff were significantly ...
Ulrich Irmler
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Storm Erosion on a Sandy Beach [PDF]
Coastal Engineering 1990, 1991 ISSN 0893-8717 Proceedings of the international conference - Coastal Engineering ...
Martinez, Jesus +2 more
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Variabilidad morfométrica en crustáceos de playas arenosas de la Isla Grande de Chiloé, sur de Chile [PDF]
, 2013 Indexación: Web of Science; Scielo.The macroinfauna of exposed sandy beaches along the Chilean coast is dominated by crustaceans, which show an across-shore zonation; the talitrid amphipod Orchestoidea tuberculata as the dominant taxon in the upper ...
Contreras, Heraldo +3 more
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Scientific Reports, 2018 Sandy beach fauna is hypothesized to be mainly structured by environmental variables. As such, it is expected that morphodynamic characteristics are limiting factors, and the species pool inhabiting harsher reflective beaches would be a subset of (i.e ...
Helio H. Checon +3 more
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Management of estuarine beaches on the Amazon coast though the application of recreational carrying capacity indices [PDF]
, 2017 The purpose of this paper is to determine the Recreational Carrying Capacity of three estuarine beaches (Colares, Marudá and Murubira) on the Amazon coast of Brazil, based on the combined assessment of natural conditions and visitor facilities.
da Costa, Rauquírio Marinho +3 more
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Spatial patterns of sandy beaches in China and risk analysis of human infrastructure squeeze based on multi-source data and ensemble learning [PDF]
Earth System Science DataSandy beaches provide essential ecological and economic services, but their functions are increasingly threatened by human activities. Analyzing the spatial distribution of China's sandy beaches and the impacts of human activities offers valuable ...
J. Meng, J. Meng, D. Xu, Z. Tao, Q. Ge
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Main Anthropogenic Impacts on Benthic Macrofauna of Sandy Beaches: A Review
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2020 Sandy beaches provide several ecosystem services such as coastal protection and resilience, water filtration and nutrient mineralization. Beaches also represent a hub for social, cultural and economic relationships as well as educational activities ...
Afghan Afghan +7 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 Sandy beaches are the most common ecosystems of coastal regions and provide direct and indirect essential services for millions of people, such as coastal protection, fishing, tourism, and recreational activities.
Carlos A. M. Barboza +5 more
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