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• Definitions of coastal terms
  ...astal Wiki. The focus is on terms related to '''physical coastal processes and engineering'''. A complementary list of definitions related to the living e .../www.dhigroup.com/marine-water/ebook-shoreline-management-guidelines</ref> and from the USACE Coastal Engineering Manual <ref name=CEM> USACE, 2012. Coast
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• Natural causes of coastal erosion
  ...from Mangor et al. 2017 <ref> Mangor, K., Drønen, N. K., Kaergaard, K.H. and Kristensen, N.E. 2017. Shoreline management guidelines. DHI https://www.dhi ==Temporal erosion and ongoing erosion==
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• Sea level rise
  ...nition= The term sea-level rise generally designates the average long-term global rise of the ocean surface measured from the centre of the earth (or more pr .... Lonnoy, J.B.R. Matthews, T. K. Maycock, T. Waterfield, O. Yelekci, R. Yu and B. Zhou (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press.</ref> for the year 2100 are si
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• Shoreline management
  ...gement are <ref name="Karsten">Mangor, K., Drønen, N. K., Kaergaard, K.H. and Kristensen, N.E. 2017. Shoreline management guidelines. DHI https://www.dhi ...development activities in the coastal area follow an overall land use plan and a general environmental policy
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• Parametric equilibrium models
  ...simple equations that have been derived through a mixture of curve-fitting and theoretical considerations. They are necessarily simplistic, but quick to Bruun (1954)<ref> Bruun, P., 1954, ‘Coast erosion and the development of beach profiles’, Beach erosion board technical memoran
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• Blue carbon sequestration
  ..., R., Craft, C. and Widney, S.E. 2018. Coastal wetland loss, consequences, and challenges for restoration. Anthropocene Coasts 1: 1–15</ref>. ...nces that contribute to the realization of nature-based coastal protection and other ecosystem services delivered by coastal wetlands.
  41 KB (6,267 words) - 13:40, 21 April 2024
• Nutrient conversion in the marine environment
  ...ses involved in the conversion of the main nutrients: nitrogen, phosphorus and silicon. ...<ref name=”Rendell1993”>Rendell, A. R., Ottley, C. J., Jickells, T. D. and Harrison, R. M. 1993. The atmospheric input of nitrogen species to the Nort
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• Effect of climate change on coastline evolution
  ...reshaping of the shoreline by, amongst other things, waves, tidal currents and human interventions. ...h is based on extrapolation of historic behaviour, is inappropriate if the climate changes.
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• Global Forum of Oceans, Coasts and Islands
  ...common goal of encouraging the sustainable development of oceans, coasts, and islands. ==Third Global Conference on Oceans, Coasts and Islands==
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• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
  ...s, particularly the Convention of the Parties (COP), the subsidiary bodies and their Bureau. ...bility can be affected by industrial and other emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. 195 countries have ratified the Convention, which
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• Kyoto Protocol
  ...tem". In essence reduce the emission of greenhouse gases that cause global warming. ==The Kyoto Protocol and its rulebook==
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• Convention on Biological Diversity
  ...uence of humans. It forms the web of life of which we are an integral part and upon which we so fully depend. ...characteristics). [[Biodiversity]] provides [[ecosystems|ecosystem]] goods and services that sustain our lives.
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• Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM)
  ..., C. 1993. Essential elements of integrated coastal zone management. Ocean and Coastal Management 21:81-108</ref>. ...he terrestrial and marine components of the target territory, in both time and space”<ref>[http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:200
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• Mediterranean Sea and Region, including Adriatic Sea
  ...maintenance of the coastal and marine [[ecosystem]]s that tourism activity and other activities such as fisheries depend upon. ==Mediterranean Sea and Region==
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• Harmful algal bloom
  ...uce biotoxins. Harmful algal blooms (HABs) can occur in marine, estuarine, and fresh waters.<br> ...algal blooms: effects, environmental conditions, factors that promote HABs and management measures.
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• Effects of global climate change on European marine biodiversity
  This article discusses global warming and the range of effects on marine systems. ...part C.J.M. (ed.) (2007). Impacts of climate change on the European marine and coastal environment: ecosystems approach.'' European Science Foundation, Ma
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• Eutrophication in coastal environments
  |name=Job Dronkers and Justus van Beusekom|AuthorID=120| ...gative effects of eutrophication requires reduction of [[nutrient]] inputs and an ecosystem-based management strategy. The bio-geochemical cycles of nutri
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• Ocean acidification
  ...tly lowers pH of surrounding seawater; widely thought to be happening on a global scale.}} ...dioxide into the atmosphere. The article begins by defining ocean acidity and the related concept of alkalinity. It further explains the counterintuitive
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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
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• 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
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