Chapter One-Year Evolution of a Mediterranean Sandy Beach with Posidonia oceanica Banquettes (Arborea, Sardinia, Italy)
Sandy coasts, representing 40% of global shorelines, are essential for coastal defence and ecosystems. Natural solutions are increasingly studied to provide beach protection while enhancing ecosystem services, such as seagrass deposition on the coast. This study investigates the morphological evolut...
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| author | Cabrita, Paulo Brunetta, Riccardo Montes, Juan Terracciano, Sabrina Duo, Enrico Ciavola, Paolo Armaroli, Clara |
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| description | Sandy coasts, representing 40% of global shorelines, are essential for coastal defence and ecosystems. Natural solutions are increasingly studied to provide beach protection while enhancing ecosystem services, such as seagrass deposition on the coast. This study investigates the morphological evolution of a beach characterised by a low human impact, where Posidonia oceanica is present and forms banquettes. Fieldwork campaigns, including topographic surveys and drone mapping, were conducted over 1.5 years. A storm during one campaign led to the formation of extensive Posidonia banquettes, particularly in the southern part of the beach, a trend observed in all surveys. This distribution influenced erosion trends, with long medium-term analysis showing overall erosion, especially in northern areas with fewer banquettes and a dune retreat of around 3 meters. These findings highlight the critical role of Posidonia banquettes in protecting against dune erosion, at least locally, although significant erosion over 1.5 years occurred in the whole studied area, suggesting that further investigations are needed. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1634292025-08-02T05:08:07Z Chapter One-Year Evolution of a Mediterranean Sandy Beach with Posidonia oceanica Banquettes (Arborea, Sardinia, Italy) Cabrita, Paulo Brunetta, Riccardo Montes, Juan Terracciano, Sabrina Duo, Enrico Ciavola, Paolo Armaroli, Clara Posidonia oceanica Banquettes Beach Morphology Coastal Storms Geomorphological evolution Sandy coasts, representing 40% of global shorelines, are essential for coastal defence and ecosystems. Natural solutions are increasingly studied to provide beach protection while enhancing ecosystem services, such as seagrass deposition on the coast. This study investigates the morphological evolution of a beach characterised by a low human impact, where Posidonia oceanica is present and forms banquettes. Fieldwork campaigns, including topographic surveys and drone mapping, were conducted over 1.5 years. A storm during one campaign led to the formation of extensive Posidonia banquettes, particularly in the southern part of the beach, a trend observed in all surveys. This distribution influenced erosion trends, with long medium-term analysis showing overall erosion, especially in northern areas with fewer banquettes and a dune retreat of around 3 meters. These findings highlight the critical role of Posidonia banquettes in protecting against dune erosion, at least locally, although significant erosion over 1.5 years occurred in the whole studied area, suggesting that further investigations are needed. 2025-08-02T05:08:07Z 2025-08-02T05:08:07Z 2025-08-01T15:58:21Z 2024 chapter ONIX_20250801T173835_9791221505566_285 2975-0288 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/104835 9791221505566 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/163429 eng Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/104835/1/43703.pdf Firenze University Press 10.36253/979-12-215-0556-6.58 10.36253/979-12-215-0556-6.58 2ec4474d-93b1-4cfa-b313-9c6019b51b1a 9791221505566 12 Florence open access |
| spellingShingle | Posidonia oceanica Banquettes Beach Morphology Coastal Storms Geomorphological evolution Cabrita, Paulo Brunetta, Riccardo Montes, Juan Terracciano, Sabrina Duo, Enrico Ciavola, Paolo Armaroli, Clara Chapter One-Year Evolution of a Mediterranean Sandy Beach with Posidonia oceanica Banquettes (Arborea, Sardinia, Italy) |
| title | Chapter One-Year Evolution of a Mediterranean Sandy Beach with Posidonia oceanica Banquettes (Arborea, Sardinia, Italy) |
| title_full | Chapter One-Year Evolution of a Mediterranean Sandy Beach with Posidonia oceanica Banquettes (Arborea, Sardinia, Italy) |
| title_fullStr | Chapter One-Year Evolution of a Mediterranean Sandy Beach with Posidonia oceanica Banquettes (Arborea, Sardinia, Italy) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Chapter One-Year Evolution of a Mediterranean Sandy Beach with Posidonia oceanica Banquettes (Arborea, Sardinia, Italy) |
| title_short | Chapter One-Year Evolution of a Mediterranean Sandy Beach with Posidonia oceanica Banquettes (Arborea, Sardinia, Italy) |
| title_sort | chapter one year evolution of a mediterranean sandy beach with posidonia oceanica banquettes arborea sardinia italy |
| topic | Posidonia oceanica Banquettes Beach Morphology Coastal Storms Geomorphological evolution |
| topic_facet | Posidonia oceanica Banquettes Beach Morphology Coastal Storms Geomorphological evolution |
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