- Ninth International Symposium “Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques”
- Edited by 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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Chapter Information
Chapter Title
Spatial displacement of nearshore vegetation in response to artificial changes in coastal morphology
Authors
Martina Cutajar, Sandro Lanfranco
Language
English
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0030-1.59
Peer Reviewed
Publication Year
2022
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© 2022 Author(s)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title
Ninth International Symposium “Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques”
Book Subtitle
Livorno (Italy) 14th-16th June 2022
Editors
Laura Bonora, Donatella Carboni, Matteo De Vincenzi, Giorgio Matteucci
Peer Reviewed
Publication Year
2022
Copyright Information
© 2022 Author(s)
Content License
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0030-1
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0030-1
eISBN (xml)
979-12-215-0031-8
Series Title
Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques
Series ISSN
2975-0423
Series E-ISSN
2975-0288