- Tenth International Symposium "Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques"
- Edited by Laura Bonora, Marcantonio Catelani, Matteo De Vincenzi, Giorgio Matteucci
Riccione’s study case: experimentation of innovative artificial reef for coastal defense and increase marine biodiversity
- Daniela Cleo
- Renato Santi
- © 2024 Author(s) |
- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- DOI: 10.36253/979-12-215-0556-6.59
Riccione is a town (near Rimini) on Romagna coast, with a small port and with the problem of coastal erosion that, reducing the width of the beaches, can create great problems for tourist activities and buildings in case of adverse weather events (so frequent today). Since the eighties of the 20th century, underwater artificial barriers have been placed on the natural sandy seabed of this area, for coastal defense from waves and storms. Initially they were only “sandbags” - bags of synthetic material filled with sand - arranged parallel to the coast, about 200 meters from the shore, at a depth of about 2/3 meters. In the last ten years, other experiments were done, with positioning of other types of submerged structures (innovative barriers such as “Reef balls” and “W-MESH”) always parallel to the coastline and close to shore. Monitoring results have shown the positive impact of underwater artificial barriers on water quality and increase marine biodiversity (rocky and sandy seabed) in this marine area. Several species of rocky environment colonized these reefs, increasing natural environmental richness. The experimentation is still ongoing.
- Keywords:
- Monitoring of coastal ecosystems,
- Biodiversity,
- Underwater reefs,
Blennius Association Riccione, Italy
Blennius Association Riccione, Italy
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Chapter Information
Chapter Title
Riccione’s study case: experimentation of innovative artificial reef for coastal defense and increase marine biodiversity
Authors
Daniela Cleo, Renato Santi
Language
English
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0556-6.59
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Publication Year
2024
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© 2024 Author(s)
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Book Title
Tenth International Symposium "Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques"
Book Subtitle
Livorno (Italy) 11th-13th June 2024
Editors
Laura Bonora, Marcantonio Catelani, Matteo De Vincenzi, Giorgio Matteucci
Peer Reviewed
Publication Year
2024
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© 2024 Author(s)
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Firenze University Press
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10.36253/979-12-215-0556-6
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Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques
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2975-0288