- Ninth International Symposium “Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques”
- A cura di Laura Bonora, Donatella Carboni, Matteo De Vincenzi, Giorgio Matteucci
Spatial displacement of nearshore vegetation in response to artificial changes in coastal morphology
- Martina Cutajar
- Sandro Lanfranco
- © 2022 Author(s) |
- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- DOI: 10.36253/979-12-215-0030-1.59
This study characterizes the zonation of coastal vegetation in six coastal sites in Malta. The vegetation sequence on the coastal zone is predictable and displaces in response to changes in shoreline. The halophyte Limbarda crithmoides was used as an indicator species to ‘locate’ the position of the sequence. The vegetation surveys were used to construct a Gaussian distribution model for this species. Peak density and peak distance from the shore were positively correlated with exposure. The models were used to simulate the predicted shift of the vegetation in response to a modified shoreline
- Keywords:
- Limbarda crithmoides,
- Coastal vegetation,
- Maltese Islands,
- Land reclamation,
University of Malta, Malta - ORCID: 0000-0003-0050-8931
University of Malta, Malta - ORCID: 0000-0002-0360-7065
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Titolo del capitolo
Spatial displacement of nearshore vegetation in response to artificial changes in coastal morphology
Autori
Martina Cutajar, Sandro Lanfranco
Lingua
English
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0030-1.59
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2022
Copyright
© 2022 Author(s)
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Informazioni bibliografiche
Titolo del libro
Ninth International Symposium “Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques”
Sottotitolo del libro
Livorno (Italy) 14th-16th June 2022
Curatori
Laura Bonora, Donatella Carboni, Matteo De Vincenzi, Giorgio Matteucci
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2022
Copyright
© 2022 Author(s)
Licenza d'uso
Licenza dei metadati
Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0030-1
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979-12-215-0030-1
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979-12-215-0031-8
Collana
Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques
e-ISSN della collana
2975-0288