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• ICZM-Best practice case study in the Bay of Luebeck
  The area is characterized by two spits that separate former lagoons from the Baltic Sea. These spits have a mean elevation of about 2.5-3.0 met
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• Characteristics of muddy coasts
  Estuarine areas and coastal lagoons are sinks for fine-grained sediment on an annual time scale. The processes ...ion in accumulation rates with the highest rates in the inner parts of the lagoons and the lowest rates close to the tidal inlet and in deeper parts of the ar
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• Definitions of coastal terms
  ...annels]] meet. Bars that partially block the openings to minor streams and lagoons are mainly due to [[#Littoral drift|littoral drift]]; these bars are genera ...[#Tidal inlet|tidal inlets]] of [[#Estuary|estuaries]] and [[#Lagoon|tidal lagoons]].
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• Waves
  ...wind conditions. Seiches can occur in closed water areas, such as lakes or lagoons, and in semi-closed water bodies, such as bays. The period of the seiche os
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• Currents
  ...ant from a morphological point of view. In very shallow coastal waters and lagoons, the wind-generated current can, however, be of some importance. Wind-gener
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• Bar
  ...annels]] meet. Bars that partially block the openings to minor streams and lagoons are mainly due to littoral drift; these bars are generally referred to as s
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• Sea
  ...ends into major bays, but not into channels, creeks, rivers, estuaries and lagoons. These internal waters are characterised by having brackish to fresh water
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• Coastal pollution and impacts
  ...e to direct sources of input, are doubly at risk for example estuaries and lagoons.
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• How to apply models
  The parameters of importance for development of good quality beaches and lagoons are the following: ...eclamation of new land, establishment of new water bodies by excavation of lagoons and establishment of new artificial beaches. The following concentrates on
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• Transport and dispersion of pollutants, nutrients, tracers in mixed nearshore water
  # Transverse shear instabilities (jet flows from lagoons or rivers, mixing layers, wakes), and
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• Tidal asymmetry and tidal inlet morphodynamics
  ...ible for tidal wave deformation in shallow coastal inlet systems – tidal lagoons and estuaries. A qualitative discussion is given of the mutual interaction ...Many of these basins (but not all) are back-barrier tidal basins or tidal lagoons: basins that are semi-closed by a sand barrier at the entrance. The figure
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• Dalyan-Koycegiz Special Protected Area
  ...urkey. It has a very diverse landscape of rivers, fresh water lake, delta, lagoons, sandy beaches, hills and sloping pine forests. The length of the sea coast ...stem having different sub-units such as the sea; freshwater lake; estuary, lagoons and wetlands; sand spit; agricultural land, hills and forest. One can ident
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• Definitions, processes and models in morphology
  ...polluted sediments are: channelization of rivers, closing of channels and lagoons, and extension and deepening of navigation channels and harbour basins. The
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• Greek case studies: The implications of the expected sea level rise on the low lying areas of continental Greece in the next century
  ...es of low lying coastal areas of continental Greece in the form of deltas, lagoons, coastal alluvial plains and pocket beaches and their significant settlemen ...tinct features of Greek coastal zones can be classified as deltaic plains, lagoons, coastal plains, pocket beaches and steep coasts.
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• Estuary
  * tidal lagoons – drowned coastal plains semi-closed by a barrier system;
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• Mediterranean Sea and Region, including Adriatic Sea
  ...the future. It is interesting to note the shared and high vulnerability of lagoons, [[estuary|estuaries]], deltas and arctic coasts to [[sea level rise]], as ...ered as a model and indicator for global impacts of [[climate change]] for lagoons and coasts.
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• Effects of global climate change on European marine biodiversity
  ...about 1 to 2 °C, in the next decades. Exceptions are semi enclosed marine lagoons and shallow bays that may mirror the atmospheric temperature rise as well.
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• Salt marsh
  *Salt marshes usually form in sheltered coastal systems, such as [[#Lagoon|lagoons]] and [[#Estuary|estuaries]] where fine sediments can be deposited. Salt ma
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• Mangroves
  Mangroves are frequently associated with saline [[Lagoon|lagoons]] and are regularly found on protected sides of islands, [[Island atolls|at
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• Seagrass meadows
  seagrass ecosystems in shallow coastal lagoons: role of feedbacks with sediment resuspension and light attenuation. J. Geo
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• Ecological thresholds and regime shifts
  ...sea and by processes in the water shed. [[Morphology of estuaries|Coastal lagoons]] and enclosed seas often have large drainage areas relative to the sea sur
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• Spatial and temporal variability of salt marshes
  |Halophilous marshes along the coast and the coastal lagoons (''Puccinellion festuciformis'')
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• Residence time
  ...Oceanologica Acta. ''Proceedings of the International Symposium on Coastal Lagoons'' 107-117.</ref>}}
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• Deltas
  ...[#Tidal inlet|tidal inlets]] of [[#Estuary|estuaries]] and [[#Lagoon|tidal lagoons]].
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• Pollution prevention, detection and mitigation in European coastal waters
  ...s, the phenomenon takes place only in the Irish sea, estuaries and coastal lagoons. In the [[Mediterranean Sea]], eutrophication is more restricted and limite
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• European Sand Dune Distribution
  ...ey often form a barrier to the sea and enclose a lakes or series of lakes (lagoons). Three very distinctive types of dunes are formed; deltas, on coastal plai
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• Lagoon
  ...n at the French Atlantic coast. Tidal lagoons are distinct from microtidal lagoons by the existence of deep [[Definitions of coastal terms#Tidal inlet|tidal i
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• PEGASO case study North Adriatic Sea
  ...y low, merging into the marshes and lagoons (e.g. Venice, Marano and Grado lagoons) on both sides of the protruding Po river delta, the most important river f
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• Sand dune - Country Report, Lithuania
  ...oju, the Angiu Kalno, and the Urbo Kalno are up to 1,000m high and enclose lagoons and forests.
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• Carrying capacity and development of the Wadden Sea
  ...stations). However, tidal energy extraction by impounded barriers/offshore lagoons is likely to be excessively expensive financially and ecologically. It cont
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• ICZM-Best practice case study in the Oder estuary
  The coastal region around the estuary is a complex pattern of lagoons and islands. Broad reed belts and artificial sandy beaches near the few sma
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• Coastal cities and sea level rise
  ...ble, urban expansion took place in surrounding areas: wetlands, marshes or lagoons that were drained or filled up, see Fig. 2. These areas are often below the ...und. Right panel: For urban expansion the surrounding lowlands (marshland, lagoons) were reclaimed by drainage and landfills. These areas are vulnerable to fl
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• Rhode Island Salt Pond Special Area Management Plan – Case Study
  ...mpacts of development, and improve environmental conditions in a series of lagoons (salt ponds) and their watershed. This case study offers lessons on the val ...Atlantic Ocean. The region is shaped by a string of nine brackish coastal lagoons, separated from the ocean by a low narrow strip of [[Classification of sand
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• Algal bloom dynamics
  ...a common phenomenon in lakes and microtidal seas, but it can also occur in lagoons and estuaries. In cases where differences in temperature or salinity betwee ...ged) estuaries. This is due to the turbidity of the water in estuaries and lagoons and along the adjacent coast (see the articles [[Estuarine turbidity maximu
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• Public participation in coastal management in Honduras
  ...marshes, lakes, mangroves, rocky beaches, coral reefs, and mangrove lined lagoons linked by rivers and channels.<ref name="Encyclopaedia of Earth">http://www
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• Sand dune - Country Report, Finland
  ...er with Phragmites marsh occur in the wetter areas. There are also coastal lagoons and transitional mires; ...dune ridges on the western and north western coasts, some with intervening lagoons and marshy swales. The south western coast of this island has parabolic dun
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• Sand dune - Country Report, Denmark
  ...s the coastline recedes. The dunes continue along a barrier fronting small lagoons and Ringkøbing Fjord. South of Nymindegab the dune fringe continues past H
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• Sand dune - Country Report, Portugal
  ...ive place to sandy beaches at Quarteira and dune-capped barriers enclosing lagoons and salt marshes extend past the cuspate foreland of Santa Maria to the Spa ...) (Figure opposite). The list of important areas containing sand dunes and lagoons presented below, is only provisional. All areas, which contain sand dunes a
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• Sand dune - Country Report, Spain
  ...m with different sub-environments including active and inactive dunes with lagoons, marshes and tide channels that harbours a rich vertebrate fauna. A bit mor
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• Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta
  ...ry high buffer capacity has been recognized. Another aspect of the coastal lagoons is their high biodiversity with an important role of fish and invertebrate ...’W). Its main ecosystems are the mangrove areas, floodplains and coastal lagoons, which are connected by a complex net of channels, which also connect the s
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• Sand dune - Country Report, Italy
  ...he coasts and major islands of Italy, mostly associated with estuaries and lagoons. The largest dune system is on the NW shore of the Adriatic Sea between Gra ...of Latina and Sabaudia is notable for its dune-capped coastal barrier and lagoons, with landward remnants of parallel Pleistocene barriers and dunes which ar
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• Sand dune - Country Report, Croatia, Montenegro and Albania
  ...he dune areas in the countries mainly coincide with coastal lagoons. These lagoons occur close to the mouths of rivers, for example near the River Drini in th
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• PEGASO CASES
  ...the list below, represent valuable coastal ecosystems (e.g. river deltas, lagoons, protected areas), they range from a local scale of few kilometers to a tra
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• Brakwaterpoliep
  ...ls in the Baltic Sea: alteration of benthic habitats in coastal inlets and lagoons. Hydriobiologia 393:233-243. [http://www.vliz.be/imis/imis.php?module=ref&r
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• Trompetkalkkokerworm
  ...nez-Taberner, A. (1997). Modern polychaete reefs in Western Mediterranean lagoons: ''Ficopomatus enigmaticus'' (Fauvel) in the Albufera of Menorca, Balearic ...nez-Taberner, A. (1997). Modern polychaete reefs in Western Mediterranean lagoons: ''Ficopomatus enigmaticus'' (Fauvel) in the Albufera of Menorca, Balearic
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• Shore protection vegetation
  ...e climate zones, muddy shores occur mainly in sheltered areas within bays, lagoons and estuaries. The dominant vegetation species are ''Sporobulus'' and ''Spa
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• What causes eutrophication?
  ...flushing waters are not the main nutrient suppliers. Examples are coastal lagoons in urbanized zones flushed by river runoff or by tidal action. Drought, wat
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• Gravel Beaches
  ...eaches act as natural means of coast protection. In addition, wetlands and lagoons formed behind barrier beaches provide shelter for many coastal habitats and
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• Possible consequences of eutrophication
  ...n remote sensing]]. Enclosed and semi-enclosed water bodies (e.g., coastal lagoons) are particularly sensitive to increased nutrient loads (especially nitroge ...dity (pH even below 7) has been observed in highly eutrophic estuaries and lagoons along the east coast of the US, coinciding with hypoxia<ref>Wallace, R.B.,
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• Dynamics of mud transport
  ...et al. (1997). Intertidal Deposits: River Mouths, Tidal Flats and Coastal Lagoons. CRC Press, Boca Raton (FL), 525 pp. </ref>.
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• Coastal lagoon
  '''Coastal lagoons''' are transitional zones between land and sea: they are shallow inland wat Most of coastal lagoons formed as a result of the Late Quaternary marine transgression, which begun
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• Past EU-funded coastal research projects
  * [[MELMARINA]] Monitoring and modelling coastal lagoons, making management tools for aquatic resources in North Africa
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• Definition of ebb and flood (tide)
  ...first definition is more usual for tidal inlet systems: estuaries, tidal lagoons and tidal rivers; the second definition is more usual for the open coast. ...particularly relevant for tidal inlet systems: estuaries, tidal rivers and lagoons. The ebb current corresponds to seaward flow and the flood current to landw
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• Marine Biotechnology at Pan-European level
  ...ontinent, with access to an enormous range of marine habitats from coastal lagoons, to inshore waters to shelf seas and the deep ocean. ...ery diverse set of ecosystems and habitats ranging from coastal marshes to lagoons, bays, deepsea, polar and tropical marine environments, tropical and cold c
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• Participation in the North-Adriatic (DSS-DESYCO)
  ...ent) assesses climate change impacts on vulnerable coastal areas (beaches, lagoons, delta, estuary, agricultural and urban areas). In order to improve the use
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• Gracilaria vermiculophylla
  ...''Gracilaria vermiculophylla'' (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) in the Po delta lagoons, Mediterranean Sea (Italy). J. Phycol. 46(5): 1024-1027. [http://www.vliz.b
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• Sand dune - Country Report, Greece
  ...t for their biological, ecological or aesthetic value. The area covered by lagoons, marshes and adjacent forests has not been calculated, so the figure given ...increased tourism and the building of country houses near the beach. Many lagoons and marshes next to the dunes have been drained. Grazing pressure and sand
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• Seawater intrusion and mixing in estuaries
  ...m walk theory <ref>Zimmerman, J.T.F. 1981 The flushing of well mixed tidal lagoons and its seasonal fluctuations. UNESCO Tech. Pap. Mar. Sci. 33: 15-26 </ref> ...agnitude smaller than the tidal velocity). This is the case for many tidal lagoons, such as the Wadden Sea.
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• Coriolis and tidal motion in shelf seas
  ...tidal asymmetry stimulates sediment import. It can result in silting up of lagoons and in the formation of turbidity maxima in estuaries.
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• Coastal hydrodynamic and morphodynamic processes and engineering
  ===Deltas, estuaries and lagoons=== * [[Tidal lagoons]] – evolution, morphodynamics
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• Morphology of estuaries
  ...inlet systems with small or even absent river inflow (often called 'tidal lagoons' or 'coastal barrier systems'), as these systems are shaped by very similar ...in urban areas, the sea inlet has been stabilized with jetties. In natural lagoons, the sea inlet is kept open by runoff from the hinterland or by water excha
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• Sand dune - Country Report, Romania
  ...e and small tributaries of the Danube River with marshes, reedbeds, lakes, lagoons and dunes. In this delta old beach barriers are present as well as younger
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• Sand dune - Country Report, Turkey
  ...s as part of a large delta system. They may lie between the sea and lakes (lagoons). The west-east orientation of the main mountain chains has been important ...barchans and many dune fields. Important halophytic areas, saltmarshes and lagoons are found in and around many dune sites. In the Mediterranean systems the c
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• Estuarine morphological modelling
  ...name=DS>Di Silvio G (1989). Modelling the morphological evolution of tidal lagoons and their equilibrium configuration. In: Proc. XXIIIrd IAHR Congress, Ottaw
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• Swash zone dynamics
  ...break frequently at the shoreline, e.g., in estuary mouths and landward of lagoons behind fringing and barrier reefs.
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• Characteristics of sedimentary shores
  ...values of <math>RTR</math> occur almost exclusively in estuaries and tidal lagoons. ...shorelines out to small bodies of water, for example fjords, estuaries and lagoons with typical dimensions of less than 10 km and micro to moderate tidal regi
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• Ocean and shelf tides
  ==Tides in estuaries and tidal lagoons== ...let morphodynamics]]. Tidal distortion in some estuaries and shallow tidal lagoons may become so strong that the tidal flood wave evolves into a tidal bore. T
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• Pressures, impacts and policy responses in European coastal zones
  ...ts easily adsorb to fine sediments and tend to accumulate in estuaries and lagoons. Pollutants entering at low concentrations the lower levels of the food cha
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• Threats to cold water coral reefs, sand banks and seagrass habitats in the North Sea by climate change effects
  ...otected coastal waters such as bays, [[Definitions of coastal terms#Lagoon|lagoons]], and [[estuaries]].
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• Multifunctionality and Valuation in coastal zones: introduction
  *Lagoons and estuaries are complex coastal ecosystems hosting numerous natural habit
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• Application of Land and Ecosystem Accounts (LEAC)
  | Water|| 5|| 5|| 521|| Coastal lagoons |Beaches, dunes, rocks, lagoons, estuaries, salt marshes, intertidal flats
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• Sand spit
  Many back-barrier lagoons with highly variable river inflow experience seasonal closure of the sea ou
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• Plankton remote sensing
  ...ium Oceanic Blooms and Quantify Chlorophyll Concentration in Shallow Coral Lagoons of South Pacific Archipelagos. Remote Sens. 15, 5194</ref>. Harmful algae a
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