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• ICZM Participation and Implementation in Europe
  ...CM is [[stakeholder consultation and commitment]]. There are many benefits to public participation in environmental decision making viz. • their knowledge and experience can be harnessed to improve plans and policies,
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• Definitions of coastal terms
  ...processes and engineering'''. A complementary list of definitions related to the living environment is given in the article '''[[Definitions of marine e ...definitions are based on the related Coastal Wiki articles. Terms related to the coastal profile are illustrated in the figure below.
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• Human causes of coastal erosion
  ...l changes in hydrodynamic conditions and sediment supply are generally due to human interventions. Coastal structures interfering with the littoral transport are the most common cause of coastal erosion. The presence of the structure has a series of eff
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• Eight levels of public participation
  ...n]] but is no more than a masquerade. However, it has been brought more up-to-date with less subjective language. ...powerlessness” of people. It has 8 rungs with each one “corresponding to the extent of citizens’ power in determining the end product” viz.
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• Blue carbon sequestration
  |definition= The term ‘Blue Carbon’ refers to the carbon sequestered by the world’s ocean or coastal vegetated ecosyste ...[[Climate adaptation measures for the coastal zone]]. They also contribute to the goals of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction<ref>UN, 2018.
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• Stability models
  ...minated by self-organized processes. Stability models are the genuine tool to understand these processes and make predictions on the dynamics of those fe ...) the pendulum will start to oscillate (if it is not already in B) and due to friction it will end up at rest at B. Thus, the pendulum will move spontane
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• Wavelet analysis of coastal processes
  ...lysis to increase the signal-to-noise ratio, and also to compress the data to only a few wavelet functions. ...d on scale analysis by applying a wavelet transform, the authors were able to discover a small, low-frequency topographic feature of around 200 kms in le
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• Sustainability indicators
  ...tors in measuring and assessing the sustainability of different approaches to management of the coastal and marine environments. ...years, the data can be aggregated to time series, creating indicators able to show trends.
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• Measurements of biodiversity
  A variety of 'objective' measures have been developed in order to estimate biodiversity from field observations. This article discusses the m ...mpare biological entities, composed of diverse components. It is important to distinguish ‘richness’ from ‘diversity’. Diversity usually implies
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• Biodiversity in the European Seas
  ...nt physical, biological and exploitation characteristics, the main threats to biodiversity and the policies at work (nature protection and protection of [https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/report_2002_0524_154909/ ''link to actual EEA report'' (visited: 31/08/2007)]
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• Values of amenities in coastal zones
  ...g external costs in the form of reduced visual benefits and reduced access to others who enjoyed these environmental services before. The aim of this article is to report on research that has valued such benefits and costs.
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• Mangroves
  ...functioning and adaptation to habitat conditions. An introduction is given to management aspects, discussing threats, conservation and [[Ecosystem rehabi ...]]dy areas (Karleskint, 1998<ref name=K98>Karleskint G. 1998. Introduction to marine biology. Harcourt Brace College Publishers. p.378</ref>). They repl
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• European Sand Dune Distribution
  This article provides an introduction to the distribution of coastal sand dunes in Europe. It is based on a revised ...rvation Conference, held in the Netherlands in November 1991. It attempted to provide a description of the [[sand dunes|sand dune vegetation]], sites and
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• Sand dune - Country Report, Great Britain
  ...rvation Conference, held in the Netherlands in November 1991. It attempted to provide a description of the [[sand dunes|sand dune vegetation]], sites and ...[[European Sand Dune Distribution|on European sand dunes]] provides links to the other European country reports. These represent chapters from updated i
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• Sand dune types - Europe
  ...-lying areas where the action of waves and wind moves sedimentary material to create intertidal or coastal terrestrial habitats. The erosion of the forme ...ant role in the growth of the typical dune landscape, which is so familiar to anyone visiting the “seaside”, by facilitating the accumulation of sedi
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• Deep sea habitat
  ...overview about the characteristics, the bottom topography, the adaptations to the environment of the biota and the threats. ...laces, the sea floor drops again into elongated trenches with depths of 10 to 11 kilometres. This region is the hadal region. The ocean floor is interrup
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• Salt marshes
  This article describes the habitat of saltmarshes. It gives an introduction to the characteristics, distribution, evolution, adaptations, [[zonation]], su ...europa.eu/environment/nature/natura2000/management/habitats/models_en.htm] to download a copy of the Habitat Management Model for the above community.
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• Coral reefs
  ...eefs are among the most diverse [[ecosystems]] in the world. Corals belong to the Phylum ''[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1267 C The formation of corals begins when free-swimming coral larvae attach to submerged rocks or other hard substrate along the edges of islands or conti
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• Marine Plankton
  ...he aquatic food chains<ref>Barnes, R. and Hughes, R. 1999. An introduction to marine ecology. Wiley & Sons, Oxford</ref>. ...ructure: Heterotrophic compartments of the plankton and their relationship to plankton size fractions. ''Limnology and Oceanography'' 23: 1256-1263</ref>
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• Meiofauna of Sandy Beaches
  ...e environments and their resources are not protected sufficiently relative to their socio-economical value. ...array of organisms from bacteria, fungi, microphythobenthos, and protozoa to extremely specialized metazoan animals live in the beach sand. Hundreds of
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