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• Harbour porpoise in the Belgian part of the North Sea
  ...- and decision-makers and professionals who work in the marine environment to rely on the best available scientific information about the distribution, b The present document attempts to gather the scientific information on the harbour porpoise (''Phocoena phoco
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• Sediment deposition and erosion processes
  ...and transport behaviors in tandem. The definition of particle size related to settling velocity is introduced in the context of cohesionless particles as ...s do not constitute sediment. However, as clay particles in the range of 1 to 0.1 μm are often found in flocs they are conveniently designated as sedime
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• Infragravity waves
  ...um.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Figure 1: Classification of ocean waves according to wave period. The forces responsible for various portions of the spectrum ar ...London A278 202-565-573</ref> varying from coastal erosion during storms, to coral reef hydrodynamics and the generation of seiche in harbors. Their gen
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• Rhythmic shoreline features
  ...suggestion of a recurrent alongshore spacing <math>L</math>. We then refer to these undulations or cuspate features as ''rhythmic shoreline features''. ...g morphology. This is the case of bars created by standing waves. We refer to these two types as ''forced features''.
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• Sandy shore habitat
  ...ecreational areas and tourist destinations. Fine-grained sand beaches tend to be gently sloping and quite flat. ...e and cross-shore by currents and waves. A more comprehensive introduction to the processes underlying beach formation is given in the articles [[Shorefa
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• Littoral drift and shoreline modelling
  ...l drift in field situations is notoriously difficult and generally subject to great uncertainty. Therefore, model estimates are often used in practice. A ...2024. Characterizing longshore transport potential and divergence of drift to inform beach loss trends. Coastal Engineering 189, 104473</ref>.
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• Coastal and marine sediments
  ...s the predominant mineral in present day beach and river sands and is also common in most ancient sandstones. The rate at which weathering occurs depends on ...ef> Milliman, J. D. and Meade, R. H. 1983. World-wide delivery of sediment to the oceans. Journal of Geology 91, 1–21</ref>.]]
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• North Atlantic Oscillation
  ...he monthly NAO index over the period 1955-2015. This NAO index corresponds to the first EOF ([[Analysis of coastal processes with Empirical Orthogonal Fu ...d the Mediterranean Sea. This brings increased storm activity and rainfall to southern Europe and North Africa<ref>Hurrell, J. W. 1995. Decadal trends in
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• Hard coastal protection structures
  Hard coastal protection structures are common worldwide. For example, the percentage of armoured coastline is about 16% a This article provides an introduction to hard coastal protection structures. An overview is given of structures that
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• Invading species in the Baltic Sea
  ...the [[Baltic Sea]] during the 20th century. This is a significant addition to the biodiversity of this species-poor, brackish sea, which only supports ap ...tails&id=126279 ''Acipenser sturio''], a species that is now also believed to be a medieval invader from North America.
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• Tidal bore dynamics
  ...introduction to the topic of tidal wave deformation the reader is referred to the article [[Tidal asymmetry and tidal inlet morphodynamics]]. ...m tidal range is the maximum range recorded at a tide gauge situated close to the location in the estuary where the tidal range is highest.
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• Estuarine turbidity maximum
  ...zone of suspended sediment transport, where turbidity levels are high due to high suspended sediment concentrations. }} ...n fine sediments that have entered the estuary and to prevent their escape to the sea. These processes will be discussed in the next section.
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