Tidal marshes and mangroves are increasingly valued for nature-based mitigation of coastal
storm impacts, such as flooding and shoreline erosion hazards, which are growing due to …

Posidonia oceanica is a seagrass endemic to the Mediterranean Sea. Most of the primary
production of the P. oceanica meadow is not directly consumed by herbivores and plays a …

This paper analyses the effect of vegetation on wave damping under severe storm
conditions, based on a combination of field measurements and numerical modelling. The …

Wave attenuation by vegetation is a highly dynamic process and its quantification is
important for understanding shore protection potential and modeling coastal hydrodynamics …

Vegetation can contribute to coastal defence by damping incoming waves. However, prior
studies have shown that attenuation varies greatly among plant species. Plant flexibility is a …

A new wave-vegetation model is implemented in an open-source code, SWASH (Simulating
WAves till SHore). The governing equations are the nonlinear shallow water equations …

Extreme environmental events can strongly affect coastal marine ecosystems but are
typically unpredictable. Reliable data on benthic community conditions before such events …

Spectral energy dissipation of random waves due to salt marsh vegetation (Spartina
alterniflora) was analyzed using field data collected during a tropical storm. Wave data …

We demonstrate the utility of using the equivalent bottom roughness for calculating the
friction factor and the drag coefficient of a seagrass meadow for conditions in which the …

Biotic indices, which reflect the quality of the environment, are widely used in the marine
realm. Sometimes, key species or ecosystem engineers are selected for this purpose. This is …