In a littoral cave system, abiotic environmental properties, such as the intensity and spectral distribution of light, often change going from the exterior to the interior part of the cave, filtering the light and thus creating a deep-sea irradiance setting for marine flora. In this mini-review, we suggest that the supralittoral zone in littoral caves might provide a sanctuary for mesophotic ca...

Genetic data suggest that the littoral and pelagic forms of brook charr Salvelinus fontinalis in Lake Bondi are two populations with partial reproductive isolation and non-random mating. Genetic differentiation between the two groups was supported by differences in allele frequencies and by deviation from Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium when the two groups were pooled; no such deviation was observed...

In this article, we explore the potential for sea-level change and rocky coastal evolution reconstruction hidden in one of most intriguing landforms Baltic Sea region—rauks. Those unique limestone sea stacks are preserved along coasts a number Swedish islands, with Gotland Fårö as primary locations. We contributed to long-standing debate on their origin attempted investigate modern geomorpholog...

Macrofossil analysis of a composite 19 m long sediment core from Rano Raraku Lake (Easter Island) was related to litho-sedimentary and geochemical features of the sediment. Strong stratigraphical patterns are shown by indirect gradient analyses of the data. The good correspondence between the stratigraphical patterns derived from macrofossil (Correspondence Analysis) and sedimentary and geochem...

A point-intercept survey was implemented in August 2000 to determine the distribution and richness of aquatic plant species present in Waneta Lake and Lamoka Lake, NY. Myriophyllum spicatum (Eurasian watermilfoil) was the most commonly observed species in Waneta Lake (25% of entire lake, 78% of littoral zone) and Lamoka Lake (43% of entire lake, 77% of littoral zone). Eurasian watermilfoil biom...

The aim of the study was to assess neonatal birth weight (BW) differences between inland and littoral Croatia, to identify BW groups with most pronounced differences, and possible variations in the rate of BW > or = 4000 g between Sibenik area and the rest of littoral (counties with access to the Adriatic Sea) and inland Croatia. The study included data on 99.42% of 200,740 live births recorded...

The vulnerability of coastal areas is related to the existence and functionality infrastructure. Ports have had increased activity in last few decades due growing needs market. At same time, there been huge changes maritime traffic, some ports are specialized container traffic. port Valencia developed notably expansions, 1980s recent northern expansion. Valencia’s specializes has become a Medit...

Jennings, M. J., E. E. Emmons, G. R. Hatzenbeler, C. Edwards and M. A. Bozek. 2001. Is littoral habitat affected by residential development and landuse in watersheds of Wisconsin lakes? Lake and Reserv. Manage. 19(3):272279. We measured differences in nearshore littoral zone habitat among lakes with different amounu; of residential development and different patterns of watershed land use. Sampl...