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Seabed Protection Systems to prevent Scour from High-Speed Ships [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This document reviews the scour protection systems required around port structures where these are to be used for the berthing of vessels powered by water jet systems.
Evans, G.
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The South American Advances in Submarine Canyons Studies and Their Link to the Ocean Decade

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2021
Submarine canyons have a relevant role in marine ecosystems. They are responsible for oceanographic conditions such as variability of temperature and salinity, sediment transport, nutrients, and even pollutants amongst marine areas.
Marcos V. B. Silva, Tereza C. M. Araújo
doaj   +1 more source

Rule-based semi-automated tools for mapping seabed morphology from bathymetry data

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2023
Seabed morphology maps and data are critical for knowledge-building and best practice management of marine environments. To facilitate objective and repeatable production of these maps, we have developed a number of semi-automated, rule-based GIS tools ...
Zhi Huang   +6 more
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Derechos de las comunidades costeras en la gestión de espacios marinos: lecciones aprendidas por la Asociación Comunitaria del Fondo Marino de Arran (Coast)

open access: yesHachetetepé, 2016
En este artículo se describe la historia de cómo una comunidad isleña de Escocia ha logrado, además de la protección de sus recursos marinos frente a intereses económicos, el reconocimiento al derecho de comunidades costeras a participar en las ...
Manuela de los Ríos Oakes
doaj   +1 more source

Marine Sedimentary Carbon Stocks of the United Kingdom’s Exclusive Economic Zone

open access: yesFrontiers in Earth Science, 2021
Continental shelf sediments are recognized as long-term stores of globally significant quantities of carbon (C) and potentially provide an important, yet largely overlooked climate regulation service via the Earth’s C cycle.
Craig Smeaton   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Land below sea: a new generation of seabed geology mapping [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
Spurred on by the increasing availability of high-resolution bathymetry data, as well as growing awareness in the importance of the seabed environment, Dayton Dove and colleagues discuss an initiative to renew mapping of the seabed geology around the ...
Finlayson, Andrew   +4 more
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Complete mitochondrial genome of the hydrothermal vent barnacle Eochionelasmus ohtai (Cirripedia, Thoracica)

open access: yesMitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2018
Thoracican barnacles are common in hydrothermal vent fields. Here, we characterized the first mitogenome of a hydrothermal vent barnacle. The mitogenome of Eochionelasmus ohtai was 15,585 bp in length and had the typical pancrustacean gene arrangement ...
Se-Joo Kim   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The deep sea is a major sink for microplastic debris [PDF]

open access: yesRoyal Society Open Science, 2014
Marine debris, mostly consisting of plastic, is a global problem, negatively impacting wildlife, tourism and shipping. However, despite the durability of plastic, and the exponential increase in its production, monitoring data show limited evidence of ...
Lucy C. Woodall   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

UMP and TDA seal MoU on seabed [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
TIOMAN, 10 October 2022 - Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) and Tioman Development Authority (TDA) made history when for the first time held a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Signing Ceremony at the seabed, Pulau Tumok, Tioman ...
Nor Salwana, Mohammad Idris
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Seamounts and related topographic highs – automated mapping in support of sustainable ocean management, Norway

open access: yesFrontiers in Earth Science
Seamounts are a prime example of an ecologically relevant marine landform. They are internationally recognized by the OSPAR commission as a threatened and/or declining habitat yet estimates of their distribution in Norwegian waters are not adequately ...
Margaret F. J. Dolan   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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