Sergio Ruiz-Halpern*, Raquel Vaquer-Sunyer and Carlos M. Duarte 1 Centre for Coastal Biogeochemistry, School of Environment, Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, Australia 2 Department of Global Change, Institut Mediterrani d’Estudis Avançats, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Esporles, Spain 3 Interdisciplinary Ecolo...

The results of research on some aspects of coastal dynamics during earthquakes, carried out in the Institute of Hydro-Engineering, are summarized. The attention is focused on the liquefaction-related phenomena, like modeling the earthquake-induced generation of pore-pressures and subsequent liquefaction of subsoil, the behavior of liquefied soil, underwater landslides, sinking of structures in ...

The emergence of new information media has had an impact on the working methods of lexicography and terminology as well as in the products obtained. Among the new media, knowledge bases are a valuable source that allows for information to be tailored to the needs of different users. We present several ways of codifying lexical and phraseological information in order to build a knowledge base on...

PURPOSE: The deterioration of elements of steel hydraulic structures (SHS) on our nation’s lock system is caused by combined effects of several complex phenomena: corrosion, cracking and fatigue, impact, and overloads. This Coastal and Hydraulics Engineering Technical Note presents examples of deterioration and a method for predicting future deterioration based on current conditions. In a compa...

The simulation of the propagation and evolution sea waves in coastal regions their interaction with structures is a very useful engineering tool several problems environmental [...]

This paper reports the design of a low-cost inertial wave sensor (IWS) for installation on coastal environmental monitoring buoys. The University of Michigan‘s Ocean Engineering Laboratory design integrates a Rabbit RCM3600 embedded controller with a Honeywell accelerometer to measure buoy accelerations and estimate directional and non-directional wave spectral information. Information is outpu...

The land crab Gecarcinus quadratus is an engineering species that controls nutrient cycling in tropical forests. Factors regulating their coastal distribution are not fully understood. We quantified land crab distribution during the dry season at Sirena Field Station in Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica, and found that land crab burrow density decreases with increasing distance from the ocean...

This paper reports the design and implementation of a low-cost inertial wave sensor (IWS) for installation on coastal environmental monitoring buoys. The University of Michigan’s Ocean Engineering Laboratory design integrates a Digi International Rabbit RCM3600 embedded controller with a Honeywell HMR3300 MEMS accelerometer to measure buoy accelerations and estimate directional and non-directio...

Dredging activities inevitably cause sediment dispersion. In certain locations, where there are important ecological areas such as mangroves or coral reefs, carefully planning the dredging can significantly reduce negative impacts. This article utilizes the dredging at Phuket port, Thailand, as a case study to demonstrate how computer simulations can be helpful to protect existing coral reefs. ...

The SURA Coastal Ocean Observing and Prediction (SCOOP) program is implementing an integrated system of regional observations and computational models to provide improved coastal forecasts. As part of this system, the getdata client was developed to search and transfer data files from the SCOOP archive in a flexible, optimized and extensible manner. The Grid Application Toolkit forms the basis ...