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Valentina Gallina, Silvia Torresan, Alex Zabeo, Jonathan Rizzi, Sandro Carniel, Mauro Sclavo, Lisa Pizzol, Antonio Marcomini and Andrea Critto
Coastal erosion is an issue of major concern for coastal managers and is expected to increase in magnitude and severity due to global climate change. This paper analyzes the potential consequences of climate change on coastal erosion (e.g., impacts on be...
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Dariush Ashtab, Mehdi Gholamalifard, Parviz Jokar, Andrey G. Kostianoy and Aleksander V. Semenov
Protected areas are referred to around the world as the basis of conservation strategies. Designation of marine protected areas (MPAs) is to preserve marine biodiversity and protect species, habitats in the seas, and oceans. The simulated annealing algor...
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Marieke Lemmen, Robert C. Burns, Ross G. Andrew and Jasmine Cardozo Moreira
Marine sanctuaries serve as popular destinations for ecotourism, natural resource exploration, and recreation across the US. While often positive, visitation in marine and coastal areas can cause ecological threats to these ecosystems. Increased visitati...
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Dionysios N. Apostolopoulos, Dionysios Giannikopoulos, Alexis Ramfos, Sara Faulwetter, Dionisios Panagiotaras, Konstantinos G. Nikolakopoulos and Pavlos Avramidis
The Kotychi Lagoon (western Peloponnese, Greece), together with other coastal wetlands such as Pappas, Prokopos and Lamia, is part of the wider area of the Strofylia Wetlands National Park and Protected Areas of Western Peloponnese, which has been protec...
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Marta Picciulin, Marta Bolgan, Nikolina Rako-Gospic, Antonio Petrizzo, Marko Radulovic and Raffaela Falkner
Spatio-temporal variability of marine soundscapes reflects environmental dynamics and local habitat health. This study characterizes the coastal soundscape of the Cres-Lo?inj Natura 2000 Site of Community Importance, encompassing the non-tourist (11?15 M...
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Ana Filipa Silva, Bárbara Horta e Costa, José Lino Costa, Esmeralda Pereira, João Pedro Marques, João J. Castro, Pedro G. Lino, Ana Candeias-Mendes, Pedro Pousão-Ferreira, Inês Sousa, Luís Bentes, Jorge M. S. Gonçalves, Pedro Raposo de Almeida and Bernardo Ruivo Quintella
No-take areas are key instruments to promote the effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), particularly concerning the protection of endangered species such as the dusky grouper (Epinephelus marginatus). However, despite the establishment of no-tak...
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Julián E. Londoño-Londoño, Maria Teresa Condesso de Melo, João N. Nascimento and Ana C. F. Silva
Submarine Groundwater Discharge (SGD) is an essential process of the hydrological cycle by hydraulically connecting the land and sea. However, the occurrence, importance and effects of SGD remain largely underexplored. Here, we developed and validated a ...
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Humood Abdulla Naser
Costal reclamation has been carried out extensively along the coastlines of the Arabian Gulf during the last decades. As a small archipelago country, coastal reclamation continues to be a major option for securing land to meet the needs of the expanding ...
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Marta Picciulin, Chiara Facca, Riccardo Fiorin, Federico Riccato, Matteo Zucchetta and Stefano Malavasi
Boat noise is known to have a detrimental effect on a vulnerable Mediterranean sciaenid, the brown meagre Sciaena umbra. During summer 2019, two acoustic surveys were conducted at 40 listening points distributed within the inlet areas of Venice (northern...
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Egidijus Jurkus, Julius Taminskas, Ramunas Povilanskas, Vyte Kontautiene, Egle Baltranaite, Remigijus Dailide and Arvydas Urbis
In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly identified 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be achieved by the year 2030. The study?s main objective is to identify the necessary conditions and potential for ensuring both the sustainability and com...
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