Advancing the science of environmental flow management for protection of temporarily closed estuaries and coastal lagoons

ED Stein, EM Gee, JB Adams, K Irving, L Van Niekerk - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
The science needed to inform management of environmental flows to temporarily closed
estuaries and coastal lagoons is decades behind the state of knowledge for rivers and large …

The vulnerability of South African estuaries to climate change: A review and synthesis

L Van Niekerk, SJ Lamberth, NC James, S Taljaard… - Diversity, 2022 - mdpi.com
This review evaluates the vulnerability of South African estuaries to Climate Change in a
data-limited environment. The regional-scale assessment is based on physical …

On the need for a new generation of coastal change models for the 21st century

R Ranasinghe - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
The combination of climate change impacts, declining fluvial sediment supply, and heavy
human utilization of the coastal zone, arguably the most populated and developed land …

Influence of manmade effects on geomorphology, bathymetry and coastal dynamics in a monsoon-affected river outlet in Southwest coast of Sri Lanka

GP Gunasinghe, L Ruhunage, NP Ratnayake… - Environmental Earth …, 2021 - Springer
A complex coastal environment with a river outlet, a sand spit barrier and an estuary of such
coastal features is controlled by wave-induced hydrodynamics and sediment dynamics. The …

Monsoon-driven geomorphological changes along the West coast of Sri Lanka: a combined approach utilizing 'CoastSat'and Google Earth engine

GP Gunasinghe, NP Ratnayake, AS Ratnayake… - Ocean Science …, 2022 - Springer
Long-term field monitoring of shoreline changes is time-consuming, expensive, and labor-
intensive. Instead, satellite images can be used as an alternative method to collect field data …

Comprehensive study of the sand spit evolution at tidal inlets in the Central Coast of Vietnam

NQ Duc Anh, H Tanaka, HS Tam, NX Tinh… - Journal of Marine …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Tidal inlets along the central coast of Vietnam are located in a microtidal, wave-dominated
coastal environment. In addition, the Vietnam coast is highly influenced by the seasonal …

Sediment dynamics and morphological evolution in the Tagus Estuary inlet

AB Fortunato, P Freire, B Mengual, X Bertin, C Pinto… - Marine Geology, 2021 - Elsevier
The morphological evolution of the Tagus estuary inlet in the last century is analyzed in
order to characterize its dynamics, explain its behavior and anticipate its future evolution …

Towards integrated modelling of Watershed-Coast System morphodynamics in a changing climate: A critical review and the path forward

AG Samaras - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The term “Watershed-Coast System” refers to the entities consisting of watersheds
and the areas adjacent to their outlets, where sediment delivery from rivers and natural …

Regional scale risk-informed land-use planning using probabilistic coastline recession modelling and economical optimisation: East coast of Sri Lanka

A Dastgheib, R Jongejan, M Wickramanayake… - Journal of Marine …, 2018 - mdpi.com
One of the measures that has been implemented widely to adapt to the effect of climate
change in coastal zones is the implementation of set-back lines. The traditional approach of …

Morphological response of a highly engineered estuary to altering channel depth and restoring wetlands

RWA Siemes, TM Duong, PWJM Willemsen… - Journal of Marine …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Estuaries are continuously adapting to anthropogenic pressure. Because of sea-level rise
and reduced fluvial sediment supply, they are at risk of sediment starvation. Contrarily, some …