Much damage for little advantage: Field studies and morphodynamic modelling highlight the environmental impact of an apparently minor coastal mismanagement

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 255-262

  Lasagna, Roberta ^a   Montefalcone, Monica ^a   Albertelli, Giancarlo ^a   Corradi, Nicola ^a   Ferrari, Marco ^a   Morri, Carla ^a   Bianchi, Carlo Nike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coastal construction; Geometric planform analysis; Hydrodynamic conditions; Mediterranean Sea; Posidonia oceanica; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

BEACH; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EROSION; FRINGING REEF; GEOMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MAPPING METHOD; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MEADOW; MORPHODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHALLOW WATER;

LIGURIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 80051783360     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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