The large penumbra: Long-distance effects of artificial beach nourishment on Posidonia oceanica meadows

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 129-137

  Manzanera, Marta ^a,d   Alcoverro, Teresa ^b   Jiménez, José A ^c   Romero, Javier ^d  

^a Agència Catalana de l'Aigua ^*  (Spain)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beach nourishment; Mediterranean Sea; Morphodynamic modelling; Rhizome growth; Seagrass; Storm

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; CLIMATE MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHORE PROTECTION; STORMS;

BEACH NOURISHMENT; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MORPHODYNAMIC MODELLING; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; SEAGRASSES; SEDIMENT MOVEMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT MODEL;

SEDIMENTS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL BEACH NOURISHMENT; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENGINEERING; HURRICANE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; ROOT GROWTH; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHOOT GROWTH; SPAIN; ALISMATALES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEDIMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER FLOW;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

ALISMATIDAE; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84922651847     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.07.033     Document Type: Article

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