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• Continental shelf habitat
  This article describes the habitat of the continental shelf. It is one of the sub-categories within the section dealing with biodiversi ...obal Continental Shelf.jpg|left|thumb|400px|caption|The global continental shelf (marked in turquoise) <ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_shelf</
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• Definitions of coastal terms
  ...meters, see: [[Wave ripples]], [[Wave ripple formation]], [[Sand ridges in shelf seas]], [[Stability models]]. The smallest bedforms play an important role ...tidal deltas]], [[nearshore sandbars]], [[beach berm]]s, [[Sand ridges in shelf seas|sand ridges]], [[Wave ripples|ripples]], etc. As a result, the large-s
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• Dune stabilisation
  ...protection challenges after heavy storms on the Polish coast. Continental Shelf Research 266, 105080</ref>. These reinforcement materials account for only
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• Closure depth
  ...depth of closure marks the transition from lower shoreface to continental shelf, and corresponds to the depth where the influence of wave action on cross-s ...r zone which is usually called lower shoreface and an [[offshore zone]] or shelf zone. This partition defines two closure depths, namely:
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• Fluid mud
  .... 2007. Hindered settling of mud flocs: Theory and validation. Continental Shelf Res. 27: 1893-1907</ref>. ...sediment on turbulence within an estuarine turbidity maximum. Est. Coast. Shelf Sci. 59: 237-248</ref>.
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• Sea level rise
  ...ns; this holds especially for coastal zones situated on a wide continental shelf<ref name=H19/>. Observation records from coastal tide gauges or from satell ...the mean sea level. This holds in particular for coasts situated on broad continental shelves (North Sea, East China Sea, for example) where extreme levels are m
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• Shoreface
  ...nition= The shoreface is the '''nearshore zone''' of the inner continental shelf that is bounded landward by the low-water line and that extends seaward to
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• Threats to the coastal zone
  ...tend for considerable distances from the shore, underneath the continental shelf. In some cases, these deeper aquifers may have fractures or other breaches
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• Transport and dispersion of pollutants, nutrients, tracers in mixed nearshore water
  ...s been put in the understanding/modelling of the mixing of the continental shelf shallow waters. However, this is the complex environment which provides a b .... Characterization of chaotic dispersion in a coastal tidal model. ''Cont. Shelf Res.'' '''26''' 1360–1374.</ref>). These recent studies clearly show the
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• Coastal tract modelling
  ...the shoreline evolution must be linked to the behaviour of the continental shelf and coastal plain (Cowell et al., 2003a<ref>Cowell, P.J., Stive, M.J.F., Ni
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• Coastal mud belt
  ...nearshore zone occurs when a flow pattern exists on the inner continental shelf that prohibits escape to deeper water. In this regard, a coastal mud belt m ...sipation due to mudbanks formed off southwest coast of India. Est. Coastal Shelf Science 196: 387-398</ref>.
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• Tidal asymmetry and tidal inlet morphodynamics
  ...earth, sun and moon have a cyclical character, see the article [[Ocean and shelf tides]]. The semidiurnal lunar tide (M2) is usually the dominant component, ...nd Regional Solutions]</ref>. This map is shown in the article [[Ocean and shelf tides#Asymmetric ocean tides]]. Important asymmetric tides (with either pos
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• Nutrient conversion in the marine environment
  ...eochemical processes largely take place in the sediment of the continental shelf. This article provides a brief introduction to the processes involved in th ...11, 1260</ref>. Atmospheric deposition contributes about 8 Tg N/yr to the continental shelves and about 45 Tg/yr to the global ocean. However, atmospheric deposi
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• Stability models
  ...nize at various length and time scales. Sand banks, sand waves both in the shelf and at the coastline, sand bars, tidal inlets, [[beach cusps]], cuspate for === Continental shelf morphological features ===
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• Reduction of uncertainties through Data Model Integration (DMI)
  ...4.Assimilation of ERS-1 altimeter data in a tidal model of the Continental Shelf, ''Deutsche Hydrographische Zeitschrift'', 285-329.</ref>). A main practica
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• Submarine groundwater discharge
  ...er et al. (2016<ref>Sawyer, A.H., David, C.H. and Famiglietti, J.S. (2016) Continental patterns of submarine groundwater discharge reveal coastal vulnerabilities. ...nces. The latter occurs when confined aquifers, underneath the continental shelf, have their outcrop on the sea bottom and at a large distance from the shor
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• Measuring instruments for coasts
  ...eractions between a benthic tripod and waves on a sandy bed''. Continental Shelf Research, Vol. 23, p. 355-375.</ref>) concluded that the turbulence levels
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• Interpolation of measured grain-size fractions
  ...this technique has been applied to data from the entire Dutch Continental Shelf (DCS). ...ve modelling of the surficial sand distribution in shelf seas. Continental Shelf Research. Volume 26. Issue 19: 2454-2468. </ref> describe this technique in
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• Coastal meteorology
  ...erences exist, with oceanic extratropical cyclones affecting the coast and continental extratropical cyclones moving from the interior of the continents to the co ...se time of the coastal currents are sufficiently short that changes in the shelf circulation can be driven by rapidly moving atmospheric events.
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• Land-ocean interaction in the coastal zone
  ...ale of the coastal zone in the LOICZ science includes river-catchments and continental shelves where these geographical extensions are meaningful for coastal proc ...'transport and changes''' in, sediments and nutrient cycles in coastal and shelf waters and at the sea bottom – water interface.
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• UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
  ...ich comes into force in 1962 and defines the boundaries of the continental shelf as well as the rights of the nations to explore and exploit the natural res ...aw, like the territorial sea, the exclusive economic zone, the continental shelf and adds new ones like archipelagic waters, navigable straits, seabed.
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• Birds Directive, Habitats Directive, NATURA 2000
  ...ce within the national borders of the Member States and on the continental shelf.
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• Acoustic point sensors (ASTM, UHCM, ADV)
  ...of estuarine particle populations using ADV, OBS and LISST. ''Continental Shelf Research'', Vol. 22, p. 1867-1886</ref>) have successfully used the ADV bac
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• Acoustic backscatter profiling sensors (ABS)
  ...w of acoustic measurement of small-scale sediment processes. ''Continental Shelf Research'', Vol. 22, p. 603-632.</ref>). Early work was done by Hay (1983)< ...nts'', p. 269-280.</ref>) described a field arrangement on the Continental Shelf (Pacific East Coast of New Zealand) with three transducers (F1= 1, F2= 2 an
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• Currents and turbulence by acoustic methods
  ...at there is horizontal homogeneity, which is sensible most of the times in shelf seas and estuaries. To explain next how to solve the three dimensional velo ...and M.J. Howarth, 2005. Estimates of Reynolds stress in a highly energetic shelf sea. ''Ocean Dynamics'', 55, 490-498.</ref>). Therefore we can now have som
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• Functional diversity in marine ecosystems
  :[[Continental shelf habitat]] ...long as it is understood that they should not be too rigidly applied. The shelf bottom is occupied by diverse groups of benthic organisms that vary with ch
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• Biodiversity in the European Seas
  ...e Mid Atlantic Ridge with depths down to 5 000 m and a shallow continental shelf along the European coast.
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• Marine Spatial Planning - the need for a common language
  ...mic Zone (EEZ) of 200 nautical miles, Contiguous Zone, and the Continental Shelf. Most coastal countries already allocate ocean space. Among the most obviou
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• Ecological thresholds and regime shifts
  ...ion of an oceanic bio-geographical boundary along the European continental shelf in the 1970 in western European basin (Beaugrand, 2004<ref>Beaugrand, G. 20
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• Marine habitats and ecosystems
  ...situated from the coasts, over the [[continental shelf habitat|continental shelf]] to the [[Open oceans|open ocean]] and [[Deep sea habitat|deep sea]]. The image:Continental shelf.jpg|Continental shelf with overlying water
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• Exclusive economic zone
  ...xploitation of marine resources in its adjacent section of the continental shelf, taken to be a band extending 200 miles from the shore.<ref>Glossary of Env
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• Continental shelf habitat
  This article describes the habitat of the continental shelf. It is one of the sub-categories within the section dealing with biodiversi ...obal Continental Shelf.jpg|left|thumb|400px|caption|The global continental shelf (marked in turquoise) <ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_shelf</
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• European Context of Nutrient Dynamics
  ...M., and J. Friedrich (2004), Nitrogen budget of the northwestern Black Sea shelf inferred from modeling studies and in situ benthic measurements, Marine Eco The continental inputs of nitrogen to the North Sea originate from rivers, atmospheric inpu
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• Effects of fisheries on marine biodiversity
  ...at global scales. It is estimated that about 75% of the global continental shelf is affected by trawling and dredging activities<ref name=K2>Kaiser, M.J., C ...sa'' reefs, see Fig. 1. These communities are mainly found at the offshore shelf edges of the [[Biodiversity_in_the_European_Seas#The_Arctic_Ocean.5B4.5D|Ar
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• Deep sea habitat
  ...ge. This is called the [[abyssal plain]]. The zone between the continental shelf and the [[abyssal plain]] is the bathyal zone. In some places, the sea floo
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• Salt marshes
  ...Saltmarsh Conservation, Management and Restoration''. Coastal Systems and Continental Margins, Volume 12, Springer, 217 pp. </ref>). Saltmarshes can be found fro ...a gradually sloping intertidal flat and saltmarsh. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 243: 106909</ref>.
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• Open oceans
  |definition= The deep sea region starting from the continental shelf break. }} *[[Ocean and shelf tides]]
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• Coral reefs
  ...strong bottom currents that transport organic matter from the continental shelf to the deep sea<ref>De Leo, F. C., Smith, C. R., Rowden, A. A., Bowden, D.
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• Ocean circulation
  ...d when propagating onto the continental shelf (see the article [[Ocean and shelf tides]]). ...the Arctic region southward, as a deep boundary current along the American shelf <ref> Stommel H., Arons, A.B. and Faller, A.J. 1958. Some examples of stati
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• Shelf break
  ...marks the seaward limit of the continental shelf and the beginning of the continental slope. <ref>Pinet P.R. 1998.Invitation to Oceanography. Jones and Barlett P
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• Continental slope
  ...of about 100 to 150 meters at the shelf edge and ends at the top of the [[continental rise]] or in a [[Deep-sea trenches|deep-sea trench]]. <ref>Pinet P.R. 1998.
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• Tsunami
  ...dova, B. 2008. Gas hydrates and active mud volcanism on the south Shetland continental margin, Antarctic Peninsula. Geo-Mar. Lett. 28: 97–106</ref>. ...d preceding wave trough contribute to steepening of the wave front on wide continental shelfs - wide compared to the tsunami wavelength<ref name=M8> Madsen, P. A.
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• Arctic ocean
  ..., Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, the White Sea, the Lincoln Sea and the narrow shelf off Canadian Arctic Archipelago and northern Greenland <ref name = Jakobsso ...c Ocean is the shallowest (mean depth 1361 m) and has significantly larger continental shelves than other oceans.
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• Ecological and latitudinal aspects
  ...name = Thorson>Thorson G (1957) Bottom Communities (sublittoral or shallow shelf). In: Hedgepth JW (ed) Treatise on marine ecology and paleoecology. Mem Geo ...>. Similar pattern was described for bivalves of North Pacific continental shelf<ref>Jablonski D, Roy K, Valentine J (2000) Analysing the latitudinal divers
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• Meiofauna of Sandy Beaches
  ...Huettel, M. et al 2002,Understanding the biocatalytical sand filter in the shelf. LOICZ Newsletter 25: 1-4</ref><ref>Huettel, M. et al 2003, Coastal sands a ...f>Shum, K.T. and Sundby, B. 1996, Organic matter processing in continental shelf sediments - The subtidal pump revisited. Mar. Chem. 53(1-2): 81-87</ref>.
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• Sand dune - Country Report, France
  ...[Pleistocene] cold spell. The material probably came from the continental shelf, where Pliocene sands extensive on the sea floor, were uncovered by the sea
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• Pollution and zoobenthos
  ...or pesticides in brown shrimp (Crangon crangon) of the Belgian Continental Shelf, in: Luten, J.B. et al. (Ed.) (2006). Seafood research from fish to dish: q
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• PCBs and organochlorine pesticides in shrimp from the Belgian North Sea
  ...or pesticides in brown shrimp (Crangon crangon) of the Belgian Continental Shelf, in: Luten, J.B. et al. (Ed.) (2006). Seafood research from fish to dish: q ...or pesticides in brown shrimp (Crangon crangon) of the Belgian Continental Shelf, in: Luten, J.B. et al. (Ed.) (2006). Seafood research from fish to dish: q
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• Organochlorines in particles and zooplankton from the Belgian part of the North Sea and the Scheldt estuary
  ...iments and in different planktonic compartments of the Belgian continental shelf and the Scheldt estuary. Environ. Pollut. 66: 325-349]</ref> ...iments and in different planktonic compartments of the Belgian continental shelf and the Scheldt estuary. Environ. Pollut. 66: 325-349]</ref>
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• MacroBen
  ...(2009). MacroBen integrated database on benthic invertebrates of European continental shelves: a tool for large-scale analysis across Europe. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Se ...(2009). MacroBen integrated database on benthic invertebrates of European continental shelves: a tool for large-scale analysis across Europe. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Se
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• Future marine biodiversity and ecosystem functioning research issues
  ...use major localised and regional impact on the [[Continental shelf habitat|shelf ocean systems]]. In terms of non-fisheries impacts, study of the diverse im ...the management of [[EU Common Fisheries Policy|fisheries]], coastal zones, shelf seas, [[Deep sea habitat|deep seas]] and [[Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)|Ma
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