Coexistence of urban uses and shellfish production in an upwelling-driven, highly productive marine environment: The case of the Ría de Vigo (Galicia, Spain)

E Fernández, XA Álvarez-Salgado, R Beiras… - Regional Studies in …, 2016 - Elsevier
The Ría de Vigo, located at the northern border of the Iberia-NW Africa eastern boundary
upwelling ecosystem, is an incised deep (45 m maxim depth) valley originated by the …

Climate and anthropogenic factors influencing an estuarine ecosystem from NW Iberia: new high resolution multiproxy analyses from San Simón Bay (Ría de Vigo)

CM Sobrino, I Garcia-Moreiras, Y Castro… - Quaternary Science …, 2014 - Elsevier
Two sedimentary sequences (coastal and subtidal) were studied in San Simón Bay (Ría de
Vigo), situated on the Atlantic coast of NW Iberia. The coastal record is a shallowing upward …

[HTML][HTML] Organic-walled dinoflagellate cyst assemblages in surface sediments of the Ría de Vigo (Atlantic margin of NW Iberia) in relation to environmental gradients

I García-Moreiras, SV Costas, S García-Gil… - Marine …, 2023 - Elsevier
Organic-walled dinoflagellate cyst assemblages were analysed in 31 surface sediment
samples from the Ría de Vigo (NW Iberia) to obtain supporting evidence for the …

Chronology of the sedimentary processes during the postglacial sea level rise in two estuaries of the Algarve coast, Southern Portugal

T Boski, S Camacho, D Moura, W Fletcher… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2008 - Elsevier
Four profiles of estuarine sediments obtained from boreholes drilled in the Algarve,
Southern Portugal were studied in order to reconstruct the process of sediment …

[HTML][HTML] Microplastic accumulation dynamics in two Mediterranean beaches with contrasting inputs

F Asensio-Montesinos, G Blaya-Valencia, H Corbí… - Journal of Sea …, 2022 - Elsevier
Plastic debris is becoming a growing environmental concern and microplastics (size< 5 mm)
are one of the most important fractions due to their environmental and human potential …

Geomorphic consequences of urban development and mining activities; an analysis of study areas in Spain and Argentina

V Rivas, A Cendrero, M Hurtado, M Cabral, J Giménez… - Geomorphology, 2006 - Elsevier
An analysis is presented on the contribution of urban and infrastructure development, mining
and quarrying to direct and indirect modifications of landforms and transfer of earth …

Natural and human forcing in recent geomorphic change; case studies in the Rio de la Plata basin

J Bonachea, VM Bruschi, MA Hurtado, LM Forte… - Science of the Total …, 2010 - Elsevier
An analysis of geomorphic system's response to change in human and natural drivers in
some areas within the Río de la Plata basin is presented. The aim is to determine whether …

Evolutionary trends of the Niger Delta shoreline during the last 100 years: Responses to rainfall and river discharge

OA Dada, L Qiao, D Ding, G Li, Y Ma, L Wang - Marine Geology, 2015 - Elsevier
There is growing evidence that the world river deltas are influenced by climate change and
anthropogenic activities. In this study, shoreline changes along the Niger Delta coast of the …

Assessment of enrichment factors and grain size influence on the metal distribution in riverbed sediments (Anllóns River, NW Spain)

R Devesa-Rey, F Díaz-Fierros, MT Barral - Environmental monitoring and …, 2011 - Springer
The metals distribution in the bed sediments of the Anllóns River was studied, with special
emphasis on the evaluation of the metal distribution as a function of the granulometric …

Temporal changes in suspended sediment transport in an Atlantic catchment, NW Spain

ML Rodríguez-Blanco, MM Taboada-Castro, L Palleiro… - Geomorphology, 2010 - Elsevier
Catchment scale suspended sediment (SS) transport studies in northwest Spain are of
special interest as little research at this scale has been done in this region. However, the …