Contents 1. Introduction 2. Sandy beach morphology 2.1. Primary beach profile 2.2. Secondary morphological features 2.3. Micro-morphology 2.4. Scale and composite morphological features 3. Environmental boundary conditions and external hydrodynamic forcing 3.1. Boundary conditions 3.2. Hydrodynamic forcing 4. Morphological change 4.

Penicillium georgiense was isolated from sandy beach soil from Batu Ferringhi beach, Penang Island, Malaysia. The identification was based on morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analysis of internal transcribed spacer regions and β-tubulin sequences. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of P. georgiense in Malaysia.

Fusarium species are cosmopolitan species that frequently isolated from soils and plantdebris and can seriously damaged plant, animal and human. Persian Gulf beaches in Iranare the ideal habitat for a variety of Fusarium species. Therefore, the study is conductedto gather some information on the population of Fusarium species which could be foundin Persian Gulf beaches in Iran. The study involv...

Populations of the isopod Tylos punctatus were studied at five widely separated beaches between Los Angeles, California, and Punta Banda, Baja California (Mexico). Population densities at these sites were 10 3-10 5 animals per meter of beach frontage; smaller populations were not located, although more than 30 intermediate sites were sampled. Cross-beach distribution appears to be related to sa...

To elaborate a fuller description of the beach hunting behavior displayed by Guiana dolphins (Sotalia guianensis) in the Cananéia Estuary (CE) (25S, 48W), a photo-identification study was conducted from May 2000 to July 2003. Three land platforms were chosen at the main entrance of the abovementioned estuary, where scientists enjoy a unique opportunity to observe dolphins at greater proximity, ...

Sandy beach ecological theory states that physical features of the beach control macrobenthic community structure on all but the most dissipative beaches. However, few studies have simultaneously evaluated the relative importance of physical, chemical and biological factors as potential explanatory variables for meso-scale spatio-temporal patterns of intertidal community structure in these syst...