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Showing 1 to 20 of 3236 for “"coastal"”.
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The role of coastal defence structures in channeling production in coastal ecosystems
This study assessed the interaction of coastal defence structures (CDSs), namely shore-parallel<br/>‘low crested breakwater structures’ (LCSs), design features and hydrodynamic regime on the<br/>quantity and timings of macroalgae deposition. The employed sampling strategy comprised a<br/>spatially …
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Predictive modelling and coastal storm responsea study of urban and natural coastal systems
… combined with the growth of population in the coastal zones are exacerbating risk in coastal areas . Proper mitigation plans are necessary to reduce the impact of extreme events on those areas. In many cases, the development of those plans is based on early warning systems, a combination of …
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Environmental drivers of coastal evolution
Coastal evolution is shaped by the processes that influence sediment transport at coastlines. The present morphology, sedimentology, and distribution of modern coastal landforms reflect the influence of Holocene environmental processes that have altered the availability and movement of sediment at …
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Residence time in coastal canopies
… recycling of nutrients. The ecological health of coastal canopies and the significant ecosystem services they provide depends largely on the continuous exchange of dissolved and particulate materials across the canopy boundaries. In coastal environments, where flow is typically wavedominated, …
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Coastal sources of estuarine inflow
… source of water that enters estuaries from the coastal ocean using a series of realistic and idealized ocean models. The first project examines the source of planktonic larvae of the marine invasive species, the European green crab (Carcinus maenas), which was observed in the eastern Salish Sea …
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Performance-Based Coastal Engineering Framework
The changing dynamics of coastal regions and climate pose severe challenges to coastal communities around the world. Such challenges are exacerbated by an increase in population over time coupled with the aging of existing infrastructure, rise in property value, and the expected shifts in the …
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Coastal Overwash: Processes and Modelling
… or dune crest height. The impacts of overwash on coastal barriers or low lying mainland coasts are striking. Overwash may cause deposition of sand on and landward of the beach crest, large fan shaped deposits on back barriers, large sheet like deposits over an entire barrier, sand deposition into …
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Aspects of coastal fynbos phenology
… of the phenology of several south western Cape coastal fynbos species, with a general introduction and conclusion I inking the three. The introduction discusses factors relating to the occurrence of summer growth in some Australian heath and Cape fynbos species. The first paper deals with the …
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Coastal evolution on Earth and Titan
… modified the coast. This thesis investigates how coastal processes can leave fingerprints on the morphology of a coast in sandy environments (barrier islands) and detachment-limited environments (rocky coasts of Earth and possibly Titan). Barrier islands are dynamic and ephemeral, facing an …
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Wave Energy Extraction and Coastal Protection
Considering the wider context of opportunities and efforts related to a growing marine energy conversion sector, this study presents work aimed to enhance the understanding of wave resource characterisation for high and medium energy sites in Scottish waters.<br/>Results obtained through numerous …
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Large-scale forcing of coastal communities
Two contrasting areas of pelagic primary productivity (PPP) were noted in western Scotland, the Clyde (high PPP) and the west coast (low PPP). It was hypothesised that increased PPP would have a direct bottom-up influence on intertidal community structure with the Clyde expected to be dominated by …
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Microbial nitrogen cycling across coastal ecosystems
Contains fulltext : 325677.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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Common plastics degradation in coastal environments
… the production of microplastics seems to be the coastal one. In order to increase knowledge on the degradation of plastics in this environment, in situ experiments were conducted in sub coastal environments to test the degradation of six commonly used types of plastics and the possible factors …
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On the theory of coastal upwelling.
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Meteorology, 1969.
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A comparative study of coastal frontogenesis
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 1983.
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Zoomorphic Architecture: The Carolina Coastal Museum
… museums have been erected. The Carolina Coastal Museum is dedicated to the nautical history of the Carolinas. The project is fueled by the theories and philosophies of zoomorphism and anthropomorphism. The building is based upon the skeletal structure of a fish, the main element being the …
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La Marginal: A Coastal Promenade Park
This thesis explores alternate typologies for a coastal promenade park in the town of Arecibo, Puerto Rico. The proposal acts as a link between the town, the park and the coastal edge. The coastal promenade park is created as a connector, defined mostly by the concrete walls that resemble the …
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Climate change and coastal vulnerability: application of vulnerability assessment methodologies in two coastal communities in South Africa
… and the lowest adaptive capacity. This includes coastal fishing communities and therefore necessitates action at a variety of scales in order to build the resilience of these individuals and groups to the predicted changes and their potential impacts. Vulnerability assessments (VAs) have been …
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Tidal dynamics and dispersion around coastal headlands
… tide-induced dispersion are investigated around coastal headlands that have alongshore length scales that are comparable to or less than the tidal excursion. Depth-averaged shallow water equations forced by oscillatory flow are solved numerically for Gaussian headlands. The tidal flows around …
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