Coastal salt marshes are productive environments with high potential for carbon accumulation and storage. Even though organic in marsh sediment is typically attributed to plant biomass, it can also be produced by benthic photosynthetic biofilms. These biofilms, generally composed of diatoms their secretions, known primary productivity contribution the basal food web. The growth biofilms preserv...

Coral reefs are being critically impacted by anthropogenic processes throughout the world. Long term monitoring is essential to the understanding of coral reef response to human impacts and the effectiveness of corrective management efforts. Here we reevaluated a valuable coral reef baseline established in Pelekane Bay, Hawai'i during 1976 and subsequently resurveyed in 1996. During this time i...

Mussel farming has been proposed as a mechanism to mitigate eutrophication in coastal waters. However, localizing the intensive filtration of organic matter by mussels can cause concomitant enrichment sediments below farms, which may influence biogeochemical processes and fates nutrients system. In context mitigating eutrophication, it is important quantify sedimentary changes induced at early ...

The climate change affects the coastal infrastructure including ports. This effect is through changes in tides, waves, wind and erosion. As a result, sedimentation harbours area increases therefore there need for more regular dredging as well adaption to reduce vulnerability. More frequent means higher amount of sediments be disposed or treated. One methods proposed impact high reducing environ...

coastal zone of sri lanka is a key to sustainable development of the country. the erosion of country’s coastal zone has been identified as a long standing problem. therefore, coastal sediment dynamics around the country has to be identified to develop an appropriate coastal zone management plan. remote sensing and gis techniques can be used for quantitative and qualitative analyses of coastal p...