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Emilio Grande, Ate Visser, Pamela Beitz and Jean Moran
Water bodies in the East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD), California, United States, provide aesthetic value and critical ecosystem services, but are often adversely affected by the activities and infrastructure of the intensely urban environment that...
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Daniele Trogu, Simone Simeone, Andrea Ruju, Marco Porta, Angelo Ibba and Sandro DeMuro
This paper investigates the dynamics of the cross-shore extensions of banquettes, a sedimentary structure mostly made by rests of Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile, in a sandy urban beach located in the Gulf of Cagliari, Italy, western Mediterranean. A vide...
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Massimo Deligios, Vittorio Mazzarello, Maura Fiamma, Aleksandra Barac, Lorenzo Diana, Marco Ferrari, Manuela Murgia, Bianca Paglietti and Salvatore Rubino
Background: The goal of this study was to monitor the microbial biodiversity in beach sand that is heavily visited by tourists during the summer, and to determinate whether the high presence of bathers (around 5000 per day) can modify sand microbial comp...
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Ali Eliawa, Asli Numanoglu Genç, Hakan Tora and Hadi Hakan Maras
Sea Level Rise (SLR) due to global warming is becoming a more pressing issue for coastal zones. This paper presents an overall analysis to assess the risk of a low-lying coastal area in Karasu, Turkey. For SLR scenarios of 1 m, 2 m, and 3 m by 2100, inun...
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Sara Zollini, Donatella Dominici, Maria Alicandro, María Cuevas-González, Eduard Angelats, Francesca Ribas and Gonzalo Simarro
Coastal environments are dynamic ecosystems, constantly subject to erosion/accretion processes. Erosional trends have unfortunately been intensifying for decades due to anthropic factors and an accelerated sea level rise might exacerbate the problem. It ...
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Zamira E. Soto-Varela, David Rosado-Porto, Hernando José Bolívar-Anillo, Camila Pichón González, Bertha Granados Pantoja, Dalidier Estrada Alvarado and Giorgio Anfuso
Beach water quality is an important factor concerning public health and tourism linked to the ?Sun, Sea and Sand? market and is usually assessed in international regulations by the quantification of Escherichia coli and enterococci counts. Despite Salmon...
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Francisco Asensio-Montesinos, Milagrosa Oliva Ramírez, María Teresa Aguilar-Torrelo and Giorgio Anfuso
Litter on beaches is one of the most difficult problems in coastal management and every year, much efforts and public money are invested to try to alleviate and solve the problem. Cigarette butts (CB) are among the most widespread abandoned personal item...
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Kelis M. Hinestroza-Mena, Vladimir G. Toro, Gloria S. Londoño-Colorado, Valeria Chávez, Julieth K. García-Blanco and Rodolfo Silva
Between 1959 and 2010, a coastline retreat of 2.4 m/year and erosion of up to 174 m were recorded around Turbo, in northern Colombia. This degraded coastal system is the result of a poorly planned coastal defence scheme, combined with a lack of formal te...
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Stefano Margiotta, Gabriele Marini, Sergio Fay, Francesco M. D?Onghia, Isabella S. Liso, Mario Parise and Maurizio Pinna
Salento Peninsula (Apulia, southern Italy) is characterised by many active sinkholes, which represent the main geological hazard. The stretch of coastline between the village of Casalabate and Le Cesine wildlife reserve is highly affected, with a system ...
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José Ignacio Pagán, Isabel López, Luis Bañón and Luis Aragonés
Urbanization and anthropogenic activities have generated significant imbalances in coastal areas. This study analysed the shoreline evolution of the Bay of Cullera (Spain), characterized by strong urban and tourist pressure and with important human inter...
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