Monitoring of the phytoplankton pigment chlorophyll-a is often used as an indicator of eutrophication in coastal waters. Improved water quality monitoring using data sourced from MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer)-sourced data allows for infrequently sampled sites to be interrogated for long-term trends. Despite the wide availability and good spatial and temporal coverage of ...

ÖZYURT, G. and ERGÍN, A., 2009. Application of Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment Model to Selected Coastal Areas of Turkey. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 56 (Proceedings of the 10th International Coastal Symposium), 248 – 251. Lisbon, Portugal, ISSN 0749-0258 Climate change and anticipated impacts of sea level rise such as increased coastal erosion, inundation, flooding due to storm sur...

The long-term goal of our project is to develop and enhance research and educational capabilities in the area of coastal engineering and science at Louisiana State University (LSU) while simultaneously supporting the Navy’s research goals in the area of Coastal Geosciences. The focus of the present work is to develop a new modeling framework for simulations of coastal processes in deltaic envir...

The process of responding to accelerated sea level rise in the United States is well underway, at least for a phenomenon that is not expected for several decades. Over the last seven years, almost all of the coastal states have held at least one major conference on the subject, and a few of them have altered coastal development policies to accommodate a future rise. Public officials are general...

Based on a spatial model, the Martinique beaches and coastal wetlands are examined to identify the risks of coastal squeeze. In many cases coastal development prevents coasts from adapting by shifting landward. Also tourism infrastructure augments the vulnerability of beach reduction and mangrove squeeze. More than 70% of all Martinique beaches and 29% of mangrove forests are highly endangered ...

As fecal streptococci commonly inhabit the intestinal tract of humans and warm blooded animals, and daily detection of all pathogenic bacteria in coastal water is not practical, thus these bacteria are used to detect the fecal contamination of water. The present study examined the presence and the antibiotic resistance patterns of Enterococcus spp. isolated from the Babolrud River in Babol and ...

A study conducted after the 26th of December 2004 tsunami in 18 coastal hamlets along the south-east coast of India reiterates the importance of coastal mangrove vegetations and location characteristics of human inhabitation to protect lives and wealth from the fury of tsunami. The tsunami caused human death and loss of wealth and these decreased with the area of coastal vegetation, distance an...

In this chapter we define coastal lagoons according the definition proposed by Kjerfve (1994) as “shallow water bodies separated from the ocean by a barrier, connected at least intermittently to the ocean by one or more restricted inlets, and usually oriented shoreparallel”. This definition is given in an introduction chapter of a multiauthor book edited by Kjerfve (1994). Nevertheless, in the ...

Coastal biotechnology is developing fast with exciting achievements being realized in biological, chemical, and environmental sciences and technologies. The aim of the 1st International Conference on Coastal Biotechnology (1st ICCB) on " Coastal Biotechnology for Sustainable Development , " which was successfully held in the Australian winter of 2012 in Adelaide, Australia, was to bring togethe...

Coastal habitat restoration is a burgeoning science, with numerous organizations participating in an increasing number of projects and programs across the country. Examples of innovative and successful components of these efforts are summarized in this review. The information on projects and programs was collected through expert interviews and through a nationwide review of scientific literatur...