Geomatics Techniques for Monitoring the Retreat of Coastal Sandy Systems: Somo Beach (Cantabrian Coast, Spain, 1875–2017)

2021 ◽  
pp. 30-50
Author(s):  
José Juan de Sanjosé Blasco ◽  
Manuel Gómez-Lende ◽  
Manuel Sánchez-Fernández ◽  
Enrique Serrano-Cañadas
Keyword(s):  
Cantabrian Coast

Fermentation Problem in Spanish North-Coast Honey

1995 ◽  
Vol 58 (5) ◽  
pp. 515-518 ◽  
Author(s):  
SUSANA SANZ ◽  
GLORIA GRADILLAS ◽  
FUENCISLA JIMENO ◽  
CONSUELO PEREZ ◽  
TERESA JUAN
Keyword(s):  
Water Content ◽  
Water Activity ◽  
Microbiological Quality ◽  
Free Water ◽  
High Water ◽  
North Coast ◽  
High Water Content ◽  
Free Water Content ◽  
Cantabrian Coast ◽  
Mold And Yeast

Twenty-one samples from the Cantabrian coast were analyzed to establish their microbiological quality and fermentation tendency. In a food with a very low free-water content like honey, microbiological growth is only possible when there is an increase in water activity. Since most of the samples studied were not extensively granulated, the risk of fermentation is mostly due to high water content. Among our samples, only two had a water content below 17.1% (no risk of fermentation), whereas the high water activity of the rest of the samples indicates the possibility of microbial growth. In fact, four of the samples analyzed showed a moisture content over the Spanish maximum legal limit, which means a high risk of fermentation. The absence of Enterobacteriaceae, coliforms, and Escherichia coli in our samples indicates an appropriate cleanliness during extractions and handling of honey. No Salmonella or Shigella were found. The relationship between water activity and mold and yeast counts found for the honeys analyzed allowed us to divide our samples in two groups: honeys with a high or a low risk of fermentation. Changes observed during storage of the samples confirmed this classification.

Large-scale fuel deposition patterns on northern Spanish shores following the ‘Prestige’ oil spill

2008 ◽  
Vol 88 (3) ◽  
pp. 463-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Luis Acuña ◽  
Araceli Puente ◽  
Ricardo Anadón ◽  
Consolación Fernández ◽  
María Luisa Vera ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Northern Spain ◽  
The West ◽  
Deposition Patterns ◽  
Prestige Oil Spill ◽  
Cantabrian Coast ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Oil Tanker ◽  
Fuel Deposition

Following the accident of the oil tanker ‘Prestige’, we surveyed the large scale fuel deposition patterns on the Cantabrian shore (northern Spain) covering three regions (from west to east): (i) Asturias, west of Cape Peñas (24 segments surveyed); (ii) Asturias, east of Cape Peñas (33 segments surveyed); and (iii) Cantabria (also east of Cape Peñas, 256 segments surveyed). Fuel arrived to the Cantabrian Coast as a single oil wave which was more intense to the east than to the west of Cape Peñas. The mean percentage of coast length affected was 25, 41 and 15% in western Asturias, eastern Asturias and Cantabria, respectively. However, less than 10% of the substrate was covered by fuel in oiled patches, thus the impact was moderate. We conclude that these patterns are consistent with fuel transport by the Iberian Poleward Current, a hydrographic feature typical of this region during winter.

A characterisation of sea-breeze events in the eastern Cantabrian coast (Spain) from observational data and WRF simulations

2016 ◽  
Vol 181 ◽  
pp. 265-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon A. Arrillaga ◽  
Carlos Yagüe ◽  
Mariano Sastre ◽  
Carlos Román-Cascón
Keyword(s):  
Observational Data ◽  
Sea Breeze ◽  
Cantabrian Coast

The fast evolution of the Tazones Lighthouse landslide (N Spain): multidisciplinary 3D monitoring between 2018 and 2019

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
María José Domínguez-Cuesta ◽  
Pelayo González-Pumariega ◽  
Pablo Valenzuela ◽  
Carlos López-Fernández ◽  
Fernando Herrera ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Movement ◽  
Digital Terrain Models ◽  
Digital Terrain ◽  
Terrain Models ◽  
Additional Control ◽  
Vertical Displacements ◽  
Cantabrian Coast ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Precipitation Records ◽  
Fast Evolution

<p>The Tazones Lighthouse landslide is an active mass movement affecting a stretch of the Cantabrian Coast (N Spain), characterized by the presence of almost vertical rocky cliffs developed on Jurassic rocks. The area is being monitored since 2018 when irreversible structural damages appeared in a building located in the surroundings of the lighthouse because of the fast evolution of the landslide.</p><p> </p><p>On June 2018, the first 24 topographic marks were installed by the COSINES Project researchers and 10 more were set up on December of that year, after the appearance of new cracks. Since then, monthly monitoring campaigns have been carried out by total station to gauge the displacement of the 34 mentioned marks and 4 additional control points. One of the control marks was lost, between January and February 2019, due to the fast evolution of the movement. Monitoring has been complemented by the elaboration of detailed digital terrain models through drone flights carried out in November 2018 and November 2019. In addition, precipitation data registered on the rainfall gauges of the surroundings have been collected.</p><p> </p><p>This contribution presents the recent fast evolution of the Tazones Lighthouse landslide, affecting an area about 70.000 m<sup>2</sup> and characterized by relevant horizontal and vertical displacements. Since the beginning of the 3D monitoring, the 50% of the marks have moved more than 1 meter and 34% of them have moved more than 2 meters, one of them exceeding 14 meters of displacement.</p><p>The detailed digital terrain models have allowed quantifying the volume of mobilized mass over a year from the main head of the movement, located 110 meters above sea level. Moreover, the comparison of these data with precipitation records has led to relate the evolution of the displacement with the rainfall, being able to establish a very good correlation between precipitation distribution and movement acceleration.</p>

Chemostratigraphic and lithostratigraphic signatures of the Anthropocene in estuarine areas from the eastern Cantabrian coast (N. Spain)

2015 ◽  
Vol 364 ◽  
pp. 196-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.J. Irabien ◽  
A. García-Artola ◽  
A. Cearreta ◽  
E. Leorri
Keyword(s):  
Cantabrian Coast

Five new records and one new species of Polycladida (Platyhelminthes) for the Cantabrian coast (North Atlantic) of the Iberian Peninsula

2014 ◽  
Vol 95 (2) ◽  
pp. 311-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Marquina ◽  
Fernando Ángel Fernández-Álvarez ◽  
Carolina Noreña
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
New Records ◽  
First Record ◽  
Invertebrate Biodiversity ◽  
Cantabrian Coast ◽  
First Time ◽  
One New Species ◽  
A New Species

The Iberian Peninsula is part of the South European Atlantic Shelf within the Lusitanian ecoregion. Given the characteristics of this region, a great invertebrate biodiversity is expected. Nevertheless, no literature records of Polycladida are known for the Cantabrian Sea. Here, we report the presence of six polyclad species, including one new species.Notoplana vitrea, considered endemic to the Mediterranean Sea, was found in the Cantabrian Sea, demonstrating its presence in Atlantic waters. This species was previously reported for these waters on two natural history photographic websites: the importance of searching, indexing and disseminating this type of record for the scientific community is discussed.Discocelis tigrinais reported for the first time for the Cantabrian Sea, and is the northernmost record to date. In this paper,Pleioplana atomatais reported for the second time for the Iberian Peninsula, yet is the first record for the Cantabrian Sea. Although a literature record ofLeptoplana tremellarisfor the Iberian Peninsula exists, it is considered a misidentification ofL. mediterranea; therefore, this work provides the first record ofL. tremellarisfor the Iberian Peninsula. The cosmopolitan speciesCycloporus papillosusis also reported for the Cantabrian Sea. A new species,Imogine fafaisp. nov., is described and taxonomically compared with other species of the genus.

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