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Sandy beaches at the brink [PDF]
Diversity and Distributions, 2007 ABSTRACTSandy beaches line most of the world's oceans and are highly valued by society: more people use sandy beaches than any other type of shore. While the economic and social values of beaches are generally regarded as paramount, sandy shores also have special ecological features and contain a distinctive biodiversity that is generally not ...
T. SCHLACHER +7 more
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Surficial sediment texture database for the south-western Iberian Atlantic margin [PDF]
, 2018 Assessing the impact of changes on the environment driven by natural or anthropogenic forcers includes the comparison between antecedent and post-event conditions.
Costas, Susana +4 more
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Global Ecology and Conservation, 2023 Sandy areas between rocky uplands, or natural pocket beaches, provide important habitat for coastal wildlife. On developed coasts, similar sandy areas, called urban pocket beaches, occur in the gaps between properties with coastal armoring (sea walls or ...
Kristen A. Nelson Sella +8 more
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Crustaceans composition in sandy beaches of Sepetiba Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [PDF]
Check List, 2011 A crustacean survey was made in Sepetiba bay, Rio de Janeiro state, southeastern Brazil. Twelve sandy beaches were sampled on five islands in this embayment.
Ricardo Cardoso +2 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 Beach erosion is a complex process influenced by multiple factors operating at different spatial scales. Local (e.g., waves, tides, grain size, beach width and coastal development) and regional (e.g., sea level rise and mean sea level pressure) factors ...
Fabio Bozzeda +7 more
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Environmental stress and parasitism as drivers of population dynamics of Mesodesma donacium at its northern biogeographic range [PDF]
, 2011 Riascos, J. M., Heilmayer, O., Oliva, M. E., and Laudien, J. 2011. Environmental stress and parasitism as drivers of population dynamics of Mesodesma donacium at its northern biogeographic range. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 68: 823–833.
Heilmayer, Olaf +3 more
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Journal of Marine Science and EngineeringAs the global population continues to grow, sandy beaches, one of the most valuable ecosystems, have been widely impacted by human activities. Therefore, to develop policies for the conservation and management of sandy beaches, the impact of human ...
Jian Liang +4 more
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Urbanization driving Ocypode quadrata burrow density, depth, and width across Caribbean beaches
Ecological Indicators, 2023 Globally, sandy beaches support local economies and are the most commonly-used type of coastline. This importance is perhaps most striking in the Caribbean; however, no study has assessed the morphological features of the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) sandy
Kaliegh Schlender +4 more
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Preserve or retreat? Willingness-to-pay for Coastline Protection in New South Wales
, 2019 Coastal erosion is a global and pervasive phenomenon that predicates a need for a strategic approach to the future management of coastal values and assets (both built and natural), should we invest in protective structures like seawalls that aim to ...
Ardeshiri, Ali +3 more
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Do natural disturbances have significant effects on sandy beach macrofauna of Southeastern Brazil? [PDF]
Zoologia (Curitiba), 2019 The role of morphodynamic features such as grain size, swash climate and wave action on the macrofauna of beaches are well-known. However, few studies have investigated natural disturbances as potential drivers of temporal community variations.
Leonardo Lopes Costa +2 more
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