Lagoon–estuary complexes are dynamic sedimentary archives in which shoreline mobility and human pressure affect both coastal function and geoheritage. We integrate 14 sediment cores, a quantitative assessment of seven geosites (Brilha method),...
Small urban mangrove remnants may undergo substantial spatial reorganization that regional land-cover products or endpoint area change alone poorly represent. Arboreal canopy dynamics were reconstructed in an urban estuarine sector within a common 12...
Aging concrete seawalls are increasingly exposed to deterioration and sea-level-rise (SLR)-related hydraulic demands, yet the fracture response of pre-existing water-accessible cracks under combined coastal loading remains insufficiently understood....
The coastal wetland in the Nin Lagoon, Croatia, represents a valuable and ecologically sensitive transitional ecosystem between land and sea. The aim of this study was to determine the presence and distribution of halophytic communities and seagrasse...
The morphodynamics of macro-tidal embayed sandy beaches were studied by numerical experiments. The focus was placed on the generation and evolution of morphological features on schematised plane-sloping embayed beaches subjected to both large semi-di...
Sea-level rise may substantially reduce the dry space available on sandy beaches, although its effects depend strongly on local beach characteristics. This study evaluates the residual spatial functionality of five beaches in southern Spain using two...
Coastal zones and their connected freshwater and marine systems are among the environments most acutely exposed to accelerating climate hazards. European policy has responded by placing Digital Twin (DT) infrastructures at the centre of its climate a...
Debris flows pose a significant hazard in mountainous and coastal arid regions, yet their rapid post-event assessment remains challenging. In March 2023, the Yaku event generated extreme rainfall across Peru’s Pacific watershed, triggering a hy...
Beach nourishment is a widely used coastal protection measure that affects beach morphology, sedimentology, and ecology. In Ahrenshoop (Baltic Sea), sand nourishments are applied approximately every five years to widen a 4 km stretch of the tourist b...
The interplay between particle-specific hydrodynamics (settlement velocity, shape-specific drag, resuspension thresholds) and landscape-scale forcing (population-specific density, tidal asymmetry, sedimentological trapping, longshore drift) determine...
Wave energy is a viable renewable resource for islands and isolated coastal areas looking to lessen their reliance on fossil fuels. However, the majority of wave energy converter (WEC) evaluations address site-specific limitations, including coastal...
The Brazilian Amazon coast is characterized by pronounced seasonal hydroclimatic variability and may also reflect remote Pacific and Atlantic climate signals. This study investigated associations between large-scale climate variability and atmospheri...
Assessing seagrass restoration requires looking beyond biological recovery to include environmental, social, and management factors. To address this in Cu Lao Cham Nature Reserve, Vietnam, we developed a 31-indicator Monitoring–Evaluation&ndash...
Coastal zones are subject to a range of natural and anthropogenic processes that result in coastal erosion and accretion, threatening essential infrastructure and straining livelihoods. Analysis of shoreline changes is thus crucial for informing coas...
This study evaluated seasonal variations in mesozooplankton carbon biomass in Laguna de Terminos, a tropical coastal lagoon of the Southern Gulf of Mexico and a designated Ramsar site. We compared data from two contrasting 2022 sampling periods, the...
Tourism is a major driver of economic growth in tropical island destinations but also places increasing pressure on fragile marine ecosystems. This study examined tourists’ environmental awareness, perceptions, and conservation-related behavior...
Mesophotic kelp habitats may contribute to marine carbon cycling, yet their productivity and long-term carbon retention remain poorly constrained. We assessed a depth-constrained analytical support domain for the endemic and endangered Brazilian kelp...
The Arabian Gulf (Persian Gulf) and the Gulf of Oman are two basins, physically linked but comprising different hydrodynamic features. The shape of the basins, the weather, and the exchange through the Strait of Hormuz all affect circulation in the s...
The development of healthy mangroves strongly depends on several factors including water physiochemical characteristics, soil composition and tidal inundation regimes. This article presents a characterization of tidal inundation regimes for mangroves...
Saline habitats, which include both coastal and inland, host specialised halophytic communities that can withstand high salinity. Coastal communities are shaped by tidal inundation and marine connectivity, whereas inland saline habitats are driven by...
The tourism sector in the Sultanate of Oman is central to “Oman Vision 2040”, with a strategic focus of the government on its dynamic transformation. Coastal regions, vital to tourism, are affected by changes to the coastline due to flash floods, sea...
The Lake Worth Lagoon is an urban subtropical estuary impaired by discharge conveyed through the C-51 canal. To date, the origin of impairment has not been rigorously demonstrated. This study successfully applied a balance-of-flow framework to identi...
Coastal lagoons are key wintering habitats for waders, yet long-term changes in their community structure remain poorly understood in Mediterranean systems. We analyzed a 30-year dataset (1993–2022, excluding 2021) of wintering waders in the Ve...
Mediterranean islands face increasing climate risks from rising temperatures, prolonged droughts, extreme precipitation, and sea-level rise, while seasonal tourism intensifies water and energy demand during the most vulnerable periods of the year. Th...
French coastal systems are characterized by strong environmental gradients and increasing anthropogenic pressures, resulting in rapid land cover transformations across coastal landscapes. This study investigates land cover dynamics along the northern...
Microplastic contamination is a growing environmental concern in coastal ecosystems, particularly on recreational beaches where human activities may influence plastic inputs. This study investigated microplastic abundance and particle characteristics...
Coastal zones are dynamic interfaces where land, ocean, and atmosphere interact, making them sensitive indicators of environmental change. However, quantifying shoreline movement across long distances and over multi-year timescales remains challengin...
For the development of conservation and management strategies, scientists often define a ‘typical’ individual from a population and act as if all members of that group are basically the same, ecologically speaking. However, studies have f...
Marine spatial planning instruments often exhibit a gap between regulatory design and on-the-ground effectiveness. This study examines this gap in Mexico’s marine Ecological Territory Management Programs (POETs) within the Mexican Coastal Zone (MCZ)...
As they are home to numerous significant ecosystems, natural resources, and a growing population, coastal regions are among the most vital locations on Earth. This study, pertaining to the east coast of the UAE, integrates nine distinct characteristi...
Bangladesh is an extremely climate-exposed country, with erosion, accretion, tidal surges, and cyclones continuously modifying coastal districts. Shoreline change in Bangladesh is crucial for sustainable coastal management and disaster resilience. Th...
Marine spatial planning (MSP) has emerged as a key governance approach for managing competing uses of marine space. However, implementing MSP in federal governance systems presents unique challenges due to the distribution of authority across multipl...
Ecological risk assessment of ecosystems facing anthropogenic pressures informs coastal management. This study evaluated the ecological risk of ecosystems in two coastal municipalities in the Gulf of California, Mexico. The coastal area under study s...
This study presents the first fine-scale Coastal Vulnerability Index (CVI) assessment for Togo, evaluating coastal vulnerability and risk along the country’s 50 km barrier coastline in the context of accelerating erosion, rising sea level, and...
Given the continuous expansion of global trade, coastal and estuarine environments have been increasingly modified by anthropogenic pressures associated with port development, particularly through inlet stabilization by jetties, which often causes un...
Oil spills along the northeast coast of Brazil have the potential to cause catastrophic contamination of coastal environments and their associated biota. Beyond the direct contamination processes occurring on beaches, oil can also be transported inla...
In estuarine environments, machine learning (ML) methods have been widely applied to predict water-level variations prone to flooding. However, most studies have focused on low-frequency components driven by tides and surges, neglecting high-frequenc...
This study considers temperature gradients over recent decades near Trujillo, Peru, (8.15 S, 78.95 W) using high-resolution data assimilation. Statistical analyses describe a steep gradient from the cool foggy coast to the warm coastal plains below t...
A remote analysis of coastal sedimentation in northern KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), South Africa, describes how summer runoff and winter wave-action operate within a highly variable climate. Despite rising sea levels, the sediment flux can sustain beaches un...
Human activities have driven habitat degradation and biodiversity loss in marine ecosystems, highlighting the need for strategies that reconcile food production with ecosystem restoration. Restorative aquaculture has emerged as a potential tool to en...
Satellite-derived shorelines (SDSs) are increasingly used to monitor beach morphology worldwide, yet their application remains poorly validated in microtidal environments strongly influenced by atmospheric forcing. In this study, the performance of C...
Urban wetlands in coastal cities are under growing strain from urban growth, climate change, and governance that is often fragmented. This study evaluates the condition of the freshwater dune lakes located in the Veracruz–Boca del Río–Medellín conurb...
Coastal storms represent a major environmental issue and constitute an important challenge for coastal flood management. This study analyzes the frequency and characteristics of storms on the Senegalese coast between 1993 and 2023, focusing on four c...
Reanalysis wave datasets are essential for understanding wave conditions along the West African coast, a region with over 350 million people and diverse economic activities. This study evaluates the effectiveness of various datasets, including ERA5,...
Nature-based Solutions (NbS) have emerged as transformative approaches to address societal challenges, support biodiversity, and enhance human well-being. Globally, NbS are recognized for their potential to mitigate climate change impacts such as coa...
Shellfish restoration and aquaculture are considered as innovative methods to mitigate in-water nutrients in coastal waters. Water quality was examined at two oyster aquaculture farms in Potter (2021–2023) and Pt Judith (2023) Ponds in southern...
The three-dimensional, turbulent, free-surface flow developing in the surf zone over a constant-slope beach as a result of the interaction between the longshore current and the undertow, induced by spilling wave breaking oblique to the shoreline, is...
The Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus is an invasive alien species (IAS) that has become established in many European countries. Because of its invasive status and its frequent interactions with native species, understanding the behavioural tolera...
This review synthesizes the literature on the degradation and decomposition of holopelagic Sargassum, with a focus on process dynamics, including microbial contribution, process descriptions, and ecological impacts. Our objective is to consolidate a...
Incidental capture (bycatch) is a major threat to all seven marine turtle species worldwide. This systematic review assessed (i) research trends over the past 20 years; (ii) relationships between fishery types, gear, and species caught; (iii) post-ca...
