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• Bulkheads
  ...course, be designed to resist erosion caused by the mild to moderate wave climate at a specific site.
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• Large scale mapping of intertidal areas
  ...opments within the national park areas. For ascertaining the influences of climate change as well as short term disturbances like large scale coastal construc ...probably shows a lower sensitivity to current velocity and disturbances by wave energy (Fig. 7).
  10 KB (1,456 words) - 18:47, 28 April 2009
• Salt marshes
  ...t extensive development of saltmarshes occurs in estuaries with a moderate climate, large tidal range, abundant fine-grained sediments and sheltered locations ...gh the tidal channels of these high marshes. Lateral channel migration and wave attack at the base of marsh cliffs are the main mechanisms for erosion of m
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• Coral reefs
  ...cold waters and soft corals that live in shallow, cold waters. Corals are wave resistant rock structures, created by calcium carbonate secreting animals a ...Horizontal and vertical [[zonation]] depends on bottom topography, depth, wave and current strength, light, temperature and suspended sediments.
  27 KB (4,098 words) - 22:25, 5 April 2024
• Ocean circulation
  ..., the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) in particular, produce important climate fluctuations. Ocean currents not only distribute heat, but they also play a ...f the coupled ocean-atmosphere dynamics produces large fluctuations in the climate of the Pacific region, which are felt at the global scale. Weakening of the
  17 KB (2,486 words) - 15:39, 3 May 2021
• Surf zone
  ...where waves break as a consequence of depth limitation and surf onshore as wave bores.}} ...level. The surf zone is narrow and close to the shoreline in a gentle wave climate and can be very wide under storm conditions, extending from the seaward bou
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• Flood risk analysis study at the German Bight Coast
  ...l Panel on Climate Change provide strong evidence that an ongoing global [[climate change]] will cause increased storminess and [[sea level rise]] in coastal ...[[coastal defence]], has to be steadily adjusted to be prepared for future climate conditions.
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• Baltic Sea
  ...of mild Atlantic climate in south-west end to harsh continental – boreal climate in Bothnian Bay area. It is connected with Atlantic Ocean through system o .... Composed mainly of sand, are vulnerable to mechanical stress of wind and wave action and due to its mobility is not conducive to seaweeds and vascular p
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• Carrying capacity and development of the Wadden Sea
  ...these highly dynamic environments against a changing baseline due to e.g. climate change. This complexity and uncertainty means that the significance of effe ...for the Wadden Sea while at the same time water tempature is rising due to climate change or the competition for habitat and food is increasing due to the inv
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• Coastal cities and sea level rise
  This article deals with the potential impact of climate change on cities that are located on the coast and therefore vulnerable to == Vulnerability to climate change and sea level rise==
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• Species extinction
  ...ange in [[Effects of global climate change on European marine biodiversity|climate]]<ref>Herringshaw, L.G. and Davies, N.S. 2008. Bioturbation levels during t ...However, in the last three decades, other drivers, such as climate change, climate variability, and pollution, prevail in the published literature<ref name=NK
  25 KB (3,716 words) - 18:44, 23 February 2024
• Marine Plankton
  ...ht to serve as a grazing deterrent. It is also suggested to play a role in climate regulation by stimulating the formation of clouds. There is growing concern ...se animals. The cilia refract light like a prism, giving rise to wave upon wave of rainbow colours that sweep over their body. In the 1980’s an invasive
  34 KB (5,059 words) - 17:27, 25 April 2024
• Mediterranean seagrass ecosystem
  ...dows accumulate sediment and mediate wave motion, minimising the effect of wave action and therefore helping to stabilise the coastline. This process also ...y long period ''P. oceanica'' seagrass beds form into reefs that slow down wave movement and protect the shore from erosion. The leaves trap larger grains
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• Using model simulations to support monitoring - Methods&Techniques
  ...diation, temperature and wind, for instance) and other sea parameters like wave action, even for places and variables for which measurements do not exist. ...name="V99">von Storch, H. & Zwiers, F. W. (1999). Statistical Analysis in Climate Research. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.</ref>), a standard statist
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• Sand dune - Country Report, Finland
  ...stablished. The main dune areas occur in the Gulf of Bothnia, where strong wave action affects the shores. The surface deposits are largely composed of san ...rograding sandy northern coast has numerous emerged beach ridges formed by wave and wind action, surveys of their levels in relation to land uplift showing
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• Sand dune - Country Report, Spain
  The current hydrodynamic setting of this wave dominated coast denotes that wind provenance from the north acts more time ...anada coast is mostly dedicated to agriculture because of the sub-tropical climate and there are few and small dunes, but in the littoral of the Malaga region
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• Disturbances, biodiversity changes and ecosystem stability
  ...ty and production of rocky shore macroalgae at two nutrient enrichment and wave action levels. Mar. Biol. 157: 29–47</ref>. Other sources of disturbance ...ing. Management initiatives should focus their attention on responses to [[climate change]] and on reducing the impact of invasive species on rocky shore asse
  12 KB (1,660 words) - 18:34, 16 December 2020
• Coastal ocean satellite altimetry
  ...tion, mass variations and balance, ice transfer, wind speed, storm surges, wave height and water temperature would be feasible. It is easily concluded that ...tween the satellite and the instantaneous sea surface (ISS) as well as the wave height and the wind speed.
  30 KB (4,632 words) - 17:08, 20 May 2024
• Nile Delta
  The CASE is characterised by a fluvio-marine [[Wave-dominated river deltas|delta]], a low lying coast with lagoon and wetlands - Climate change effects such as erosion
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• Wave energy converters
  ...ef> several estimates are presented for the world total potential of ocean wave energy resources. These estimates were obtained using methods as illustrate ...and Rusu (2021<ref>Rusu, L. and Rusu, E. 2021. Evaluation of the Worldwide Wave Energy Distribution Based on ERA5 Data and Altimeter Measurements. Energies
  62 KB (9,587 words) - 22:04, 7 May 2024

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