Showing papers in "Continental Shelf Research in 2019"

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a taxonomy and geography of processes along the coastal Mekong delta that can explain the recent observations of shoreline changes and help design protection measures.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate marsh edge erosion in a small (~3 km2) bay within Barataria Bay, LA, USA and show that, for the same wave power, north-facing marsh edges erode twice as fast as south-facing edges.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated sediment dynamics and morphodynamic changes in the Mekong estuaries and coastal zone, using a well-calibrated Delft3D-4 model for a 10-year period simulation.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed the spatio-temporal variability of the suspended sediment concentration (SSC) in the Pearl River Estuary (PRE) using MODIS-Aqua Level-1B data.

TL;DR: A review of the most widely used threshold curves that have followed from the original Shields curve over the last 80 years, and propose that in terms of physical processes the threshold (critical Shields parameter) is a function of at least six variables, i.e. grain Reynolds number, grain size distribution, sphericity, roundness, particle cohesiveness and the scale effects of turbulence as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: A multi-year (2007-2011) chemical time series of eight stations in the western Mississippi Sound and northwestern Mississippi Bight was undertaken to examine the factors affecting chemical distributions in this dynamic region as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, the importance of combined environmental controls, such as shelf width, sediment input sources, mesoscale circulation and sea-level changes, in controlling mixed-sediment distribution patterns was discussed.

TL;DR: The semi-implicit Cross-scale Hydroscience Integrated System Model (SCHISM) as discussed by the authors is an unstructured grid model coupled with a 3D sediment model and established for the German Bight and its estuaries.

TL;DR: In this paper, a combined observational and numerical study of wave transformation over barrier reefs is presented, which reveals the presence of very low frequency standing wave patterns due to reflection either at the reef barrier inner boundary or at the lagoon shore.

TL;DR: In this paper, the concentration of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) together with the absorbance and fluorescence indices of chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) were measured in a mariculture region of the northern Shandong Peninsula from June to September 2017.

TL;DR: In this paper, a study of dissolved nutrients and water mass dynamics in the Cross River Estuary system (CRES) was conducted mainly in February 2017, where the levels of DSi and DIN were less than average global concentrations, and that of river estuaries affected by anthropogenic activities.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used underwater video observations as a straight-forward and visual method to obtain and process detailed data on seafloor characteristics and functions of hard-substrate habitats in the North Sea.

TL;DR: In this article, a coupled model of the Bohai and Yellow Seas is developed to investigate sediment transport and deposition processes around a distinct clinoform east of the Shandong Peninsula.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors studied the evolution of sedimentary cells and subcells of the Aquitanian sandy coast through automatic detection of dune erosion scarps and incipient foredunes, planimetric indicators analysis, and the sediment budget of the beach-dune interface.

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of nutrient enrichment on phytoplankton community structure over seasonal succession were studied at 25 stations in the Busan coastal region (South Korea), including the Nakdong River estuary, during four seasons in 2013.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated how Atlantic water intrusion and tidewater glacial melting impacted water mass formation and phytoplankton distribution in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.

TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors observed persistent double fronts along the Yellow Sea coast in summertime using high resolution (1.5 km) multi-scale Ultra-high resolution (MUR) analysis sea surface temperature (SST) data.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used a bathymetric model of the entire shelf and a shelf margin sub-set, divided into 33 latitudinal zones, from 130m to 0m below present sea level, representing the period from 20-ka to 6-ka BP.

TL;DR: In this article, the Mackenzie River flows into the Arctic Ocean via a complex network of channels, creating a plume that dominates water properties over the southern Beaufort Sea shelf.

TL;DR: In this paper, high spatial-temporal resolution LiDAR field measurements of the evolving free-surface in the surf and swash zone which enable the bore collapse detection for 166 waves are used to investigate the link between broken wave properties at bore collapse and wave run-up.

TL;DR: In this article, an investigation was conducted in the autumn (dry season) to better understand the interactive effects of light, temperature, and nutrient concentrations on phytoplankton growth in the bay.

TL;DR: In this article, a geochemical and sedimentological study was conducted at the beginning of 2016 to understand natural and anthropogenic sedimentary mechanisms in this area, a dense sampling campaign including 179 stations was carried out between Cap de La Heve and Cap d'Antifer.

TL;DR: In this article, the structure and spatial variability of coralligenous assemblages of the Apulian continental shelf in the southern Adriatic Sea were investigated using a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV).

TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed ocean color data from MODIS Aqua to assess the plume dynamics and estimate the benthic light availability over the Amazon shelf, and the minimum light level estimated in the deeper dim-light zone was ∼2'μE'm−2 s−1 which is sufficient for reef-building organisms to thrive.

TL;DR: In this article, the characteristics and intensity of winter phytoplankton blooms in the Open Southern Adriatic (OSA) were investigated from 1994 to 2012 by combining available unpublished and literature data on phyto-ankton abundance, in situ chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) and satellite-derived Chl-A surface data.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used Marxan decision support tool to evaluate the MPA's management design criteria, which selects the most important conservation features, while minimizing the socioeconomic cost, and considered the presence of spawning stocks of fish species which are present in the area as an important conservation value.

TL;DR: In this paper, repeat UAV surveys along a 600m stretch of composite beach in New Zealand are employed to produce the most comprehensive characterisation of cusp parameters (spacing, amplitude, depth) available to date.

TL;DR: In this article, the compositional characteristics and potential sources of the dissolved carbon in the Okinawa Trough (OT), East China Sea (ECS) were investigated and the concentrations and distributions of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and their 13C stable isotopes in a full-depth water column in this area.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared three classification approaches (pixel-based, object-based and a mixture of both) to determine which combination yields the best Baccharis halimifolia mapping results.

TL;DR: The European heatwave of 2018 seems to have led to a major increase of CH4 concentrations in surface waters and CH4 emissions to the atmosphere in the Belgian coastal zone (BCZ) as mentioned in this paper.