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  • Influence of seagrass meadow length on beach morphodynamics: an experimental study 

    Astudillo Gutiérrez, Carlos Salvador; Gracia Garcia, Vicente; Cáceres Rabionet, Iván; Sierra Pedrico, Juan Pablo; Sánchez-Arcilla Conejo, Agustín (Elsevier, 2024-04)
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    A novel flume experiment was conducted to compare the sheltering effect of surrogate seagrass meadows of two different lengths against a bare beach (benchmark). The analyses focused on assessing the impact of meadow ...
  • Numerical simulation of a flexible net in currents with the smoothed particle hydrodynamics method 

    González Ávalos, Raúl Alexis; Martinez Estevez, Ivan; Domínguez Alonso, José Manuel; Altomare, Corrado; Gironella Cobos, Xavier; Cabrera Crespo, Alejandro Jacobo (Elsevier, 2024-05)
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    The aim of this study is to evaluate the applicability and suitability of the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method in modelling a flexible flat net in currents. SPH is a meshless Lagrangian method that discretises ...
  • Transport and accumulation of floating marine litter in the Black Sea: insights from numerical modeling 

    Castro Rosero, Leidy Maricela; Hernandez, Ivan; Alsina Torrent, José María; Espino Infantes, Manuel (Frontiers Media, 2023-08)
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    Floating marine litter (FML) is a global problem with significant risks to marine life and human health. In semi-enclosed basins like the Black Sea, slow water replenishment and strong input from European rivers create ...
  • Impact costs due to climate change along the coasts of Catalonia 

    Lomelí Quintero, Víctor Manuel; Calderón Vega, Felícitas; Mösso Aranda, César; Sánchez-Arcilla Conejo, Agustín; García Soto, Adrián-David (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2023-10)
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    Climate change is an increasingly critical issue impacting coasts and coast structures, leading to erosion, flooding, sea level rise, etc. These significantly impact not only the environment and society, but also the ...
  • Towards automated long-term acoustic monitoring of endangered river dolphins: a case study in the Brazilian Amazon floodplains 

    Erbs, Florence Amandine; Gaona, Marina; Van der Schaar, Mike Connor Roger Malcolm; Zaugg, Serge Alain; Ramalho, Emiliano; Houser, Dorian; André, Michel (Springer Nature, 2023-07-27)
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    Using passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) and convolutional neural networks (CNN), we monitored the movements of the two endangered Amazon River dolphin species, the boto (Inia geoffrensis) and the tucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis) ...
  • Present and future flooding and erosion along the NW Spanish Mediterranean Coast 

    Sánchez Artús, Xavier; Gracia Garcia, Vicente; Espino Infantes, Manuel; Sierra Pedrico, Juan Pablo; Pinyol Guamis, Jordi; Sánchez-Arcilla Conejo, Agustín (Frontiers Media, 2023-07)
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    Coastal flooding and eros-ion caused by extreme events are the main factors responsible for beach hazards. This effect will be exacerbated by the sea level rise induced by climate change. The present work determines the ...
  • Ship strike risk for fin whales (balaenoptera physalus) off the Garraf coast, northwest Mediterranean Sea 

    Tort Castro, Beatriu; Prieto González, Rocío; O'Callaghan, Seán A.; Dominguez Rein-Loring, Paula; Degollada Bastos, Eduard (Frontiers Media, 2022-04-27)
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    Ship strikes are a widespread conservation issue for many cetacean species globally. Population level impacts depend on the occurrence and severity of collisions, which may lead to life altering injuries or fatalities. ...
  • Accurate estimation of chlorophyll-a concentration in the coastal areas of the Ebro Delta (NW Mediterranean) using sentinel-2 and Its application in the selection of areas for mussel aquaculture 

    Fernández Tejedor, Margarita; Velasco Cruz, Jorge Enrique; Angelats Company, Eduard (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2022-10-19)
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    Multispectral satellite remote sensing imagery, together with appropriate modeling, have been proven to provide chlorophyll-a maps that are useful to evaluate the suitability of coastal areas for carrying out shellfish ...
  • Study of atmospheric forcing influence on harbour water renewal 

    Samper Garcia, Yaiza Julia; Espino Infantes, Manuel; Liste Muñoz, María; Mestres Ridge, Marc; Alsina Torrent, José María; Sánchez-Arcilla Conejo, Agustín (2023-05)
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    In this study, we use observations and numerical simulations to investigate the effect of meteorological parameters such as wind and atmospheric pressure on harbour water exchanges. The modelled information is obtained ...
  • Automatic detection and classification of coastal Mediterranean fish from underwater images: good practices for robust training 

    Catalán, I.A.; Álvarez Ellacuría, Amaya; Lisani, José Luis; Sánchez, Josep; Vizoro, Guillermo; Heinrichs Maquillón, Antoni Enric; Hinz, Hilmar; Alós, Josep; Signarioli, Marco; Aguzzi, Jacopo; Francescangeli, Marco; Palmer, Miquel (Frontiers Media, 2023-04-05)
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    Further investigation is needed to improve the identification and classification of fish in underwater images using artificial intelligence, specifically deep learning. Questions that need to be explored include the ...
  • A new coastal crawler prototype to expand the ecological monitoring radius of OBSEA cabled observatory 

    Falahzadehabarghouee, Ahmad; Toma, Daniel; Francescangeli, Marco; Chatzievangelou, Damianos; Nogueras Cervera, Marc; Martínez Padró, Enoc; Carandell Widmer, Matias; Tangerlini, Michael; Thomsen, Laurenz; Picardi, Giacomo; Le Bris, Marie; Aguzzi, Jacopo; Río Fernandez, Joaquín del (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2023-04-18)
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    The use of marine cabled video observatories with multiparametric environmental data collection capability is becoming relevant for ecological monitoring strategies. Their ecosystem surveying can be enforced in real time, ...
  • Seasonal impact of grazing, viral mortality, resource availability and light on the group-specific growth rates of coastal Mediterranean bacterioplankton 

    Sánchez, Olga; Ferrera, Isabel; Mabrito Manzaneda, Isabel; Ruiz Gazulla, Carlota; Sebastián, Marta; Auladell, Adria; Marín Vindas, Carolina Alexandra; Cardelús, Clara; Sanz Sáez, Isabel; Massimo, Pernice; Marrasé Peña, Cèlia; Sala, Montserrat M; Gasol, Josep Maria (Nature, 2020)
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    Estimation of prokaryotic growth rates is critical to understand the ecological role and contribution of different microbes to marine biogeochemical cycles. However, there is a general lack of knowledge on what factors ...

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