Identifying oceanographic conditions conducive to coastal impacts on temperate open coastal beaches

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chloe Leach ◽  
Ben S. Hague ◽  
David M. Kennedy ◽  
Rafael C. Carvalho ◽  
Daniel Ierodiaconou
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Impacts ◽  
Oceanographic Conditions

Small pelagic fish responses to fine-scale oceanographic conditions: implications for the endangered African penguin

2017 ◽  
Vol 569 ◽  
pp. 187-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
AM McInnes ◽  
PG Ryan ◽  
M Lacerda ◽  
J Deshayes ◽  
WS Goschen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pelagic Fish ◽  
Fine Scale ◽  
Small Pelagic Fish ◽  
African Penguin ◽  
Oceanographic Conditions

Modeling of pollution from the wastewater discharge of the city of Limassol

1995 ◽  
Vol 32 (9-10) ◽  
pp. 197-204
Author(s):  
G. C. Christodoulou ◽  
I. Ioakeim ◽  
K. Ioannou
Keyword(s):  
Field Observations ◽  
Wastewater Discharge ◽  
Dispersion Models ◽  
Preliminary Assessment ◽  
Westerly Winds ◽  
Dimensional Finite Element ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City ◽  
Oceanographic Conditions ◽  
Continuous Loading

The paper presents a numerical modeling study aimed at a preliminary assessment of the impact of the planned sea outfall of the city of Limassol, Cyprus, on the waters of Akrotiri bay. First the local meteorological and oceanographic conditions as well as the loading characteristics are briefly reviewed. Two-dimensional finite element hydrodynamic and dispersion models are subsequently applied to the study area. The results of the former show an eastbound flow pattern under the prevailing westerly winds, in general agreement with available field observations. The spread of BOD and N under continuous loading is then examined for eastward as well as for westward flow as an indicator for the extent of pollution to be expected. The computed concentrations are generally low and confined to the shallower parts of the bay.

Variations in the feeding success and behaviour of Galápagos sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) as they relate to oceanographie conditions

1993 ◽  
Vol 71 (10) ◽  
pp. 1991-1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean C. Smith ◽  
Hal Whitehead
Keyword(s):  
Surface Temperature ◽  
Significant Variation ◽  
Foraging Behaviour ◽  
Geographic Area ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Physeter Macrocephalus ◽  
Sperm Whales ◽  
Feeding Success ◽  
Galapagos Archipelago ◽  
Oceanographic Conditions

The feeding success of sperm whales off the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, was examined over 5 study years; 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, and 1991. A total of 160 days were spent following sperm whales at sea. The defaecation rates of sperm whales were used as an indication of feeding success. The recorded acoustic click rates of sperm whales were used as an indication of aggregative and foraging behaviour. Significant variation in feeding success occurred temporally over periods of days, months, and years. Feeding success also varied spatially with geographic area. Feeding success was inversely related to sea surface temperature (SST). The foraging and associative behaviour of sperm whales also varied with feeding success, SST, and by year. Variations in the feeding success and behaviour of Galápagos sperm whales can likely be attributed to changing oceanographic conditions in the waters surrounding the Galápagos archipelago.

Coastal Impacts by the 12 January 2010 Earthquake and Tsunamis in Haiti

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hermann M. Fritz ◽  
Jean Vilmond Hillaire ◽  
Emanuel Molière ◽  
Fahad Mohammed ◽  
Yong Wei
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Impacts

Coastal oceanographic conditions in the Prydz Bay region (East Antarctica) during the Holocene recorded in an isolation basin

The Holocene ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 246-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elie Verleyen ◽  
Dominic A. Hodgson ◽  
Koen Sabbe ◽  
Koenraad Vanhoutte ◽  
Wim Vyverman
Keyword(s):  
East Antarctica ◽  
Prydz Bay ◽  
The Holocene ◽  
Isolation Basin ◽  
Oceanographic Conditions

scholarly journals Evaluation of species distribution forecasts: a potential predictive tool for reducing incidental catch in pelagic fisheries

2017 ◽  
Vol 74 (11) ◽  
pp. 1717-1731 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara M. Turner ◽  
Jonathan A. Hare ◽  
John P. Manderson ◽  
David E. Richardson ◽  
John J. Hoey
Keyword(s):  
Species Distribution ◽  
Species Distribution Models ◽  
Forecast Model ◽  
Clupea Harengus ◽  
Distribution Models ◽  
Predictive Tool ◽  
Atlantic Mackerel ◽  
Alosa Aestivalis ◽  
Incidental Catch ◽  
Oceanographic Conditions

Nontarget catch restrictions are becoming common in fisheries management. We test a potential tool for reducing nontargeted catch that combines species’ distribution models and ocean forecast models. We evaluated our approach for Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus), Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus), alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus), and blueback herring (Alosa aestivalis). Catch of the latter two species is capped in commercial fisheries of the former two species. Ocean forecasts were derived from a data-assimilative ocean forecast model that predicts conditions 0–2 days into the future. Observed oceanographic conditions were derived from CTD casts and observed fish presence–absence was derived from fishery-independent bottom trawl collections. Species distribution models were used to predict presence–absence based on observed and forecasted oceanographic conditions, and predictions for both were very similar. Thus, most of the error in predicted distributions was generated by the species distribution models, not the oceanographic forecast model. Understanding how predictions based on forecasted conditions compare with predictions from observed conditions is key to developing an incidental catch forecast tool to help industry reduce nontarget catches.

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