A pied cormorant (Phalacrocroax varius) was found sleeping on rocks in a coastal region near Adelaide. Examination revealed entanglement by fishing line with superficial wounds to the left leg. The cormorant was also reported to have ingested a number of fishing hooks, however, the exact location of the hooks was not known. In addition, the bird was found to be underweight and shocked. X-ray ex...

Lecanora muralis was found on the rock along coastal line during the field trip in Jeju island in 2006. Thallus crustose, placodioid, closely adnate, forming orbicular patches; upper surface grayish green, glossy; central lobes areolate, marginal parts plane, edges thin pruinose; lower surface ecorticate; apothecia sessile, lecanorine type, exciple dense and intact when young, and disc plane, b...

Accelerated sea level rise (SLR) in the twenty-first century will result in unprecedented coastal recession, threatening billions of dollars worth of coastal developments and infrastructure. Therefore, we cannot continue to depend on the highly uncertain coastal recession estimates obtained via the simple, deterministic method (Bruun rule) that has been widely used over the last 50 years. Furth...

This paper presents the second-year outcomes of our Digital Government project “Digitalization of Coastal Management and Decision Making Supported by Multi-Dimensional Geospatial Information and Analysis”. One of the primary objectives of the second year is to develop and integrate multiple spaceborne, airborne, and in-situ remotely sensed measurements, spatio-temporal databases, coastal hydrol...

Coastal zones are exposed to a range of coastal hazards including sea-level rise with its related effects. At the same time, they are more densely populated than the hinterland and exhibit higher rates of population growth and urbanisation. As this trend is expected to continue into the future, we investigate how coastal populations will be affected by such impacts at global and regional scales...

This demonstration will be presented at the 2003 National Conference on Digital Government Research to accompany a short paper entitled “Integration of Multi-Source Spatial Information for Coastal Management and Decision Making”. The demonstration presents the two-year outcomes of our Digital Government project “Digitalization of Coastal Management and Decision Making Supported by MultiDimensio...

BACKGROUND Many coastal species occupying the temperate rainforests of the Pacific Northwest in North America comprise endemic populations genetically and ecologically distinct from interior continental conspecifics. Morphological variation previously identified among wolf populations resulted in recognition of multiple subspecies of wolves in the Pacific Northwest. Recently, separate genetic s...

The influence of land-use mosaic among sub-watersheds on coastal processes apply globally to any coastal regions hugged by wetlands and underlain with limestone deposits. The existence of a subterranean flow connecting a tropical backwater to the Arabian Sea through the submerged porous lime shell is indicated from the coastal nutrient distribution. The present investigation represented a nonmu...

This study's overreaching objective was to assess the suitability and applicability of existing legal institutional framework for managing coastal marine resources in Bangladesh. Together with, fundamental challenges faced by artisanal small-scale fishers Bangladesh were critically scrutinized. The study revealed that regulatory is characterized jurisdictional overlapping followed conflict inte...

HE WATER quality characteristics and some heavy metals cations (Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu and Pb) of Damietta estuary and in front of Mediterranean coastal shoreline were evaluated through four successive cruises (February 2008 to November 2008). Twelve sites were selected from the two sectors. The results obtained showed that serious deterioration of quality of water at Damietta estuary compared with Med...