Marine Litter in the Russian Gulf of Finland and South-East Baltic: Application of Different Methods of Beach Sand Sampling

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra A. Ershova ◽  
Tatjana R. Eremina ◽  
Irina P. Chubarenko ◽  
Elena E. Esiukova
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Finland ◽  
Beach Sand ◽  
Marine Litter

AN ARTIFICIAL BEACH AS A MEANS FOR SEA COAST PROTECTION FROM STORM SURGES (BY THE EXAMPLE OF THE EASTERN GULF OF FINLAND)

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor Leontyev ◽  
Igor Leontyev ◽  
Tatiana Akivis ◽  
Tatiana Akivis
Keyword(s):  
Storm Surges ◽  
Gulf Of Finland ◽  
Beach Sand ◽  
Medium Sand ◽  
Material Loss ◽  
Beach Width ◽  
Intense Storm ◽  
The Gulf Of Finland ◽  
Beach Volume ◽  
Sea Coast

A model of an artificial beach is suggested for protection of coasts under erosion due to intense storm surges. It is shown that the coarser beach sand results in decrease of the beach width and growth of nourishment volume. At the same time relative material loss due to long-shore sediment transport diminishes too. The model has been applied to three sections of the coasts of Kurortny district of S.-Petersburg (eastern part of the Gulf of Finland). It recommends medium sand for the beaches construction. Modeling of extreme storms effect shows only minor deformations for designed beach profiles. For the beaches more than 1 km long even in 30-50 years more than a half of the initial beach volume conserves without additional nourishment.

AN ARTIFICIAL BEACH AS A MEANS FOR SEA COAST PROTECTION FROM STORM SURGES (BY THE EXAMPLE OF THE EASTERN GULF OF FINLAND)

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor Leontyev ◽  
Igor Leontyev ◽  
Tatiana Akivis ◽  
Tatiana Akivis
Keyword(s):  
Storm Surges ◽  
Gulf Of Finland ◽  
Beach Sand ◽  
Medium Sand ◽  
Material Loss ◽  
Beach Width ◽  
Intense Storm ◽  
The Gulf Of Finland ◽  
Beach Volume ◽  
Sea Coast

A model of an artificial beach is suggested for protection of coasts under erosion due to intense storm surges. It is shown that the coarser beach sand results in decrease of the beach width and growth of nourishment volume. At the same time relative material loss due to long-shore sediment transport diminishes too. The model has been applied to three sections of the coasts of Kurortny district of S.-Petersburg (eastern part of the Gulf of Finland). It recommends medium sand for the beaches construction. Modeling of extreme storms effect shows only minor deformations for designed beach profiles. For the beaches more than 1 km long even in 30-50 years more than a half of the initial beach volume conserves without additional nourishment.

Zooplankton of Koporskaya Bay of the Gulf of Finland in the Zone of the Influence of the Leningrad NPS

2014 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 3-14
Author(s):  
M. Ye. Makushenko ◽  
D. V. Kulakov ◽  
Ye. A. Vereshchagina
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Finland ◽  
The Gulf Of Finland

Characteristics and Structure of the Cumulonimbus Cloud with Waterspout over the Gulf of Finland

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (9) ◽  
pp. 607-614
Author(s):  
V. B. Popov ◽  
A. A. Sin’kevich ◽  
J. Yang ◽  
Yu. P. Mikhailovskii ◽  
M. L. Toropova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Finland ◽  
The Gulf Of Finland ◽  
Cumulonimbus Cloud

ASSESSMENT OF THE SPATIOTEMPORAL DYNAMICS OF THE MACROPHYTE THICKET ECOSYSTEMS IN THE NEVA BAY AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF THE EASTERN GULF OF FINLAND

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ekaterina Maksimova ◽  
Ekaterina Maksimova ◽  
Vladimir Zhigulsky ◽  
Vladimir Zhigulsky ◽  
Vladimir Shuisky ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aquatic Vegetation ◽  
Temporal Dynamics ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Spatiotemporal Dynamics ◽  
Gulf Of Finland ◽  
Active Growth ◽  
Nesting Sites ◽  
Significant Negative Impact ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Neva Bay

The macrophyte thicket ecosystems of higher aquatic vegetation in the Neva Bay (NB) and Eastern Gulf of Finland (EGoF) perform many important roles, including acting as the habitats, nesting sites and migration sites for aquatic and semi-aquatic birds, creating the specific conditions necessary for the spawning and growth of many species of fish, and taking part in the self-purification of the aquatic ecosystems. Many anthropogenic disturbances, hydraulic works in particular, have a significant negative impact on these macrophyte thicket ecosystems. In recent years, the active growth of a new type of macrophyte thicket has been observed in the NB. This is due to the aftereffects of the construction of the Saint Petersburg Flood Prevention Facility Complex (FPFC). It is quite likely that the total macrophyte thicket area in these waters is currently increasing. In the future, it will be necessary to assess the environmental impacts of the hydraulic works on the macrophyte thicket of the NB and EGoF, taking into account the background processes of the spatiotemporal dynamics of the reed beds in the waters in question. To do this, it will be necessary to carry out a comprehensive study of these ecosystems and identify patterns in their spatial and temporal dynamics. The program of the study has been developed and is currently being implemented by Eco-Express-Service, a St. Petersburg eco-design company.

To the question of the validity of the species Chromadorita arctica Gagarin, 1999 (Nematoda, Chromadorida)

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 194-196
Author(s):  
S.Ya. Tsalolikhin
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Finland ◽  
Novaya Zemlya ◽  
The Gulf Of Finland

The synonymization of species Chromadorita arctica Gagarin, 1999, syn. nov. from Novaya Zemlya and Ch. fennica Jensen, 1979 from the Gulf of Finland is proposed.

Groins, sand retention, and the future of Southern California’s beaches

Shore & Beach ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 14-36
Author(s):  
Gary Griggs ◽  
Kiki Patsch ◽  
Charles Lester ◽  
Ryan Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Southern California ◽  
Beach Sand ◽  
Submarine Canyons ◽  
Littoral Drift ◽  
Short Supply ◽  
Land Use Decisions ◽  
Coastal Cliffs ◽  
Retention Structures

Beaches form a significant component of the economy, history, and culture of southern California. Yet both the construction of dams and debris basins in coastal watersheds and the armoring of eroding coastal cliffs and bluffs have reduced sand supply. Ultimately, most of this beach sand is permanently lost to the submarine canyons that intercept littoral drift moving along this intensively used shoreline. Each decade the volume of lost sand is enough to build a beach 100 feet wide, 10 feet deep and 20 miles long, or a continuous beach extending from Newport Bay to San Clemente. Sea-level rise will negatively impact the beaches of southern California further, specifically those with back beach barriers such as seawalls, revetments, homes, businesses, highways, or railroads. Over 75% of the beaches in southern California are retained by structures, whether natural or artificial, and groin fields built decades ago have been important for local beach growth and stabilization efforts. While groins have been generally discouraged in recent decades in California, and there are important engineering and environmental considerations involved prior to any groin construction, the potential benefits are quite large for the intensively used beaches and growing population of southern California, particularly in light of predicted sea-level rise and public beach loss. All things considered, in many areas groins or groin fields may well meet the objectives of the California Coastal Act, which governs coastal land-use decisions. There are a number of shoreline areas in southern California where sand is in short supply, beaches are narrow, beach usage is high, and where sand retention structures could be used to widen or stabilize local beaches before sand is funneled offshore by submarine canyons intercepting littoral drift. Stabilizing and widening the beaches would add valuable recreational area, support beach ecology, provide a buffer for back beach infrastructure or development, and slow the impacts of a rising sea level.

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