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• Threats to the coastal zone
  ...cations to coastal [[ecosystem]]s in relation to specific human activities and introduces the various threats resulting from poorly managed activities. ...stimated to be due for more than 80% to increasing sea surface temperature and sea level.
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• Total economic value in coastal management practice
  ...coastal zones are a so-called 'scarce resource', with limited availability and competing uses. ...r negatively affects the value of the coastal zone. But what is that value and how can it be determined?
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• Economic valuation of goods and services of the UK coastal and marine ecosystem
  ...]] of the coastal ecosystem in monetary terms can prevent overexploitation and environmental degradation due to overlooking less obvious ecosystem service ==The valuation of biodiversity==
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• Measurements of biodiversity
  ...ity from field observations. This article discusses the most commonly used biodiversity indices. ==Different types of biodiversity indices==
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• Biodiversity in the European Seas
  ...e protection and protection of marine resources by restrictions on fishing and hunting).The contents of these reports are shown together with an indicatio ..."North Sea"> EEA (2002). ''Europe`s biodiversity - biogeographical regions and seas - Seas around Europe - The North Sea''</ref>==
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• Marine Spatial Planning - the need for a common language
  ...we need marine [[spatial planning]], how it can be defined appropriately, and what benefits it can offer. It also briefly discusses some international ex ...es including recreation, mineral extraction, and more recently wind energy and offshore marine aquaculture, have started to claim their own spaces in the
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• Ocean acidification
  ...dioxide into the atmosphere. The article begins by defining ocean acidity and the related concept of alkalinity. It further explains the counterintuitive ...). A solution is neutral if <math>pH=7</math>, acidic if <math>pH<7</math> and basic if <math>pH>7</math>.
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• Mangroves
  ...roduction is given to management aspects, discussing threats, conservation and [[Ecosystem rehabilitation|rehabilitation]] of mangrove forests. ...ropical coasts, i.e. North and South America, Africa and Middle-East, Asia and Oceania (incl. Australia). <ref name="vliz">http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/man
  42 KB (6,310 words) - 17:09, 21 April 2024
• Seagrass meadows
  ...stics, distribution, [[zonation]], succession, biota, threats, functioning and adaptations of the organisms that live in seagrass meadows. Seagrass communities are highly productive and dynamic [[ecosystems]]. Seagrasses are not true grasses but rooted vascular
  37 KB (5,414 words) - 20:23, 24 December 2023
• Sea ice ecosystem
  ...ckmann, G. S., Sea ice. An introduction to its physics, chemistry, biology and geology. Blackwell Science, pp 1-21</ref>. ...nology, and methodology. Polar Biol 12:417-427</ref>. Land-fast ice forms and remains fast along the coast, attached to the shore or grounded to a shallo
  17 KB (2,538 words) - 23:36, 22 February 2024
• Coastal squeeze
  ...el rise<ref>Pontee, N. 2013. Defining coastal squeeze: A discussion. Ocean and Coastal Management 84: 204-207</ref>}} ...even Therry with a shorth introduction to the impact of coastal squeeze on biodiversity.
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• Mariculture
  Some limit mariculture to culture of marine plants and animals in the ocean itself (EEA, 2008<ref>European Environmental agency; h ...s from brackish water and include culture methods that take place in salty and brackish water that is situated in the coastal zone (CBD, 2004<ref name="CB
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• Effects of fisheries on marine biodiversity
  ...ine environment. Pauly and Christenen (1995<ref name="Pauly1995">Pauly, D. and Christensen, V. 1995. Primary production required to sustain global fisheri ...lled, but not retained by towed gears<ref name="Jennings1998">Jennings, S. and Kaiser, M. 1998. The effects of fishing on marine ecosystems. Adv. Mar. Bio
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• Sand dune - Country Report, Great Britain
  ...rvation issues throughout Europe including Scandinavia, the Atlantic coast and in the Mediterranean. ...Sand Dune Inventory of Europe, 2nd Edition''. National Coastal Consultants and EUCC - The Coastal Union, in association with the IGU Coastal Commission.</
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• Overexploitation
  ...exploitation can lead to resource depletion and put a number of threatened and endangered species at risk of extinction. See also the article [[Species ex ...of extinction. Insufficient consideration has been given to the unexpected and unpredictable long-term effects that such primitive food-gathering practice
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• Kelp forests
  ...the articles [[Seaweed (macro-algae) ecosystem services]] and [[Diversity and classification of marine benthic algae]]. ...erg, T., Krumhansl, K., Filbee-Dexter, K. and Pedersen, M. F. 2019. Status and trends for the world’s kelp forests, in World seas: An environmental eval
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• Salt marshes
  ...bution, evolution, adaptations, [[zonation]], succession, biota, functions and threats of the organisms that live in saltmarshes. ...els for several of the more important communities. Included is a model for habitat 1330 "Atlantic salt meadows" (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae).
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• Coral reefs
  ...tegories within the section dealing with biodiversity of [[marine habitats and ecosystems]]. ...u, Maldives, and Marshall Islands). Coral reefs also protect coral islands and island populations against the destructive forces of the sea under storm co
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• Sand dune - Country Report, Ireland
  ...e throughout the whole of Europe including Scandinavia, the Atlantic coast and the Mediterranean. ...Sand Dune Inventory of Europe, 2nd Edition''. National Coastal Consultants and EUCC - The Coastal Union, in association with the IGU Coastal Commission.</
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• Impact of tourism in coastal areas: Need of sustainable tourism strategy
  ...discusses the current status of coastal [[tourism]], the associated issues and impacts. The article further provides recommendations for future management ...rism Industry, with 19 specific areas of action recommended to governments and private operators towards sustainability in tourism.
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