Estuaries provide critical ecosystem services, and yet are increasingly under threat from
urbanization. Non-invasive approaches to monitor biodiversity resident to or migrating …

Increased climate impacts threaten coastal functions globally, highlighting the need for
multifunctional coastal climate adaptation. Sand nourishment can adapt sandy coasts to sea …

Molecular techniques like metabarcoding, while promising for exploring diversity of
communities, are often impeded by the lack of reference DNA sequences available for …

Worldwide, coastlines have been replaced and altered by hard infrastructures to protect
cities and accommodate human activities. In addition, human settlements are common and …

Sea level rise has major impacts in Europe which vary from place to place and in time
depending on the source of the impacts. Flooding, erosion and saltwater intrusion lead via …

Coastal barrier systems, identified by their morphostratigraphic characteristics, are classified
under various nomenclatures, including barrier islands, spits, and barrier lagoon-systems …

Coastal dunes are characterized by high environmental heterogeneity and variability in
species composition 1. Contrary to common perception, open and early successional dune …

Coastal active dunes provide vital biodiversity, habitat, and ecosystem services, yet they are
one of the most endangered and understudied ecosystems worldwide. Therefore …

For the management of estuaries and the preservation of tidal flats it is crucial to understand
the tidal flat shape and development. Previous work focused predominantly on the quasi …

Human infrastructure: the stable inter-relationships between plural identity-based groups
within a state. It is dependent on equitable access to engagement with the spaces, places …