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Coastal areas are vulnerable ecosystems comprising unique biological niches that require protection. Identification of relevant types of hazards at the appropriate temporal and spatial scale is crucial to detect their sources and origin, to understand the processes governing their magnitude and distribution, and to ultimately evaluate and manage their risks and consequences preventing economic losses...
Suspended matters have a significant role on the overlying water. Nutrients and heavy metal released from sediments were an important source for lake eutrophication and pollution, especially for the shallow lakes. In this paper, HJ-1A/1B charge Coupled Device (CCD) data was collected to generate the Total suspended matter (TSM) concentration map of Poyang lake. Gaseous absorption and Rayleigh scattering...
Upwelling filaments are mesoscale structures of cold water that stretch seaward in a tongue-like shape with origin in the coastal upwelling zone. Filaments represent preferred pathways for the exchange of water, dissolved and particulate matter from the productive shelf region towards the oligotrophic offshore regions. Upwelling filaments are a common feature of the western margin of the Iberian Peninsula...
Freshwater outflows from estuarine systems carry nutrients, sediments, larvae and other materials into the coastal ocean where they mix into ambient ocean water. Loch Etive is one such estuary on the west coast of Scotland that is fed by a large rainfall catchment area, and from which the outflow is strongly modulated on a tidal basis. Freshwater leaves the loch on the ebbing tide in a pulse released...
In order to distinguish between anthropogenic and natural changes in an ecosystem, the environmental parameters and the driving forces need to be monitored in different temporal and spatial scales. The limitation of conventional monitoring methods particularly with regard to temporal and spatial resolution is often a serious hindrance to a better understanding of marine ecosystems and the underlying...
In order to distinguish between anthropogenic and natural changes in an ecosystem, the environmental parameters and the driving forces need to be monitored in different temporal and spatial scales. The limitation of conventional monitoring methods particularly with regard to temporal and spatial resolution is often a serious hindrance to a better understanding of marine ecosystems and the underlying...
Robust assessments of eutrophication are necessary to meet the requirements of a range of international (OSPAR) and EU legislative drivers. To meet these needs EU states have developed marine monitoring programmes designed to allow the application of specified assessment procedures. The UK has reviewed its approach to monitoring eutrophication and has identified a range of future requirements to ensure...
A new operational tool which uses ferryboats as carrier system for automated monitoring equipment has been developed. Such systems can be operated with much less costs than automatic buoys and have better performance with regard to biofouling. Currently the systems are tested in an EU project in which eight ferry routes are used for a comparison of different European "FerryBoxes". The "German...
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