An overview of ecological status, vulnerability and future perspectives of European large shallow, semi-enclosed coastal systems, lagoons and transitional waters

A Newton, J Icely, S Cristina, A Brito… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
The paper gives an overview of some of the large, shallow, semi-enclosed coastal systems
(SECS) in Europe, These SECS are important both from the ecological and the economic …

The use of particle tracking in sediment transport studies: a review

KS Black, S Athey, P Wilson… - Geological Society, London …, 2007‏ - lyellcollection.org
New European environmental legislation such as the Shellfish and Habitats Directives,
together with the more recent Water Framework Directive, are driving new and fresh …

Morphometric variations as acclimation mechanisms in Zostera noltii beds

G Peralta, FG Brun, I Hernández, JJ Vergara… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2005‏ - Elsevier
The use of morphometric variations as acclimation mechanisms was tested in natural
populations of the intertidal seagrass Zostera noltii in Ria Formosa (Algarve, southern …

Boundary conditions for the European Water Framework Directive in the Ria Formosa lagoon, Portugal (physico-chemical and phytoplankton quality elements)

S Loureiro, A Newton, J Icely - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2006‏ - Elsevier
The dynamics between nutrients, the microplankton assemblage and physical factors were
evaluated in the Ria Formosa (S. Portugal) coastal lagoon. Water samples were collected …

Coastal aeolian sediment transport in an active bed surface layer: Tracer study and conceptual model

CFK Uphues, CO van IJzendoorn… - Earth Surface …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Coastal aeolian sediment transport is influenced by supply‐limiting factors caused by
sediment sorting by grain size. Sorting processes can lead to coarsening of the bed surface …

The first two years of an inlet: sedimentary dynamics

A Vila-Concejo, Ó Ferreira, A Matias… - Continental Shelf Research, 2003‏ - Elsevier
A monitoring program, including the acquisition of a series of topo-bathymetric surveys and
oblique aerial photos, has been carried out at Ancão Inlet since its artificial opening in June …

Water exchanges between a multi-inlet lagoon and the ocean: the role of forcing mechanisms

JPF Fabião, MFG Rodrigues, AB Fortunato… - Ocean Dynamics, 2016‏ - Springer
Understanding the influence of the main drivers controlling the circulation and the transport
in coastal lagoons is a necessary step towards the description of the dynamics of their …

Lessons from inlet relocation: examples from Southern Portugal

A Vila-Concejo, Ó Ferreira, BD Morris, A Matias… - Coastal …, 2004‏ - Elsevier
Inlet relocation is a coastal management tool that, when applied to a migrating inlet, involves
the artificial opening of a new tidal inlet along the historic migration path of the inlet. The old …

Exchanges of nutrients and chlorophyll a through two inlets of Ria Formosa, South of Portugal, during coastal upwelling events

A Cravo, S Cardeira, C Pereira, M Rosa… - Journal of Sea …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Ria Formosa is a shallow and multi-inlet coastal lagoon system in southern
Portugal, with six permanent connections to the Atlantic Ocean. The western sector of Ria …

Field measurements of flow fields and sediment transport above mobile bed forms

JJ Williams, PS Bell, PD Thorne - Journal of Geophysical …, 2003‏ - Wiley Online Library
Field measurements of hydrodynamic conditions, bed forms, and suspended sediments,
obtained using a suite of approximately colocated sensors above a mobile bed composed of …