Contents
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6.7 "Sharing the Secrets of the Sea" - Dorset Coastlink A Case Study in
Networking and Promoting Public Understanding of Coastal Science ....... 64
6.8 Conclusions........................................................ 65
References ............................................................ 66
7 The Control and Steering Group for the 0resund Fixed Link (KSC)
and the Environmental Control and Monitoring Programme . .......... 67
7.1 The Control and Steering Group for the 0resund Fixed Link (KS6) ......... 67
7.2 The Environmental Control and Monitoring ProgranmIe ................ 69
7.2.1 Monitoring of Water Quality .................................. 69
7.2.2 Monitoring of Benthic Vegetation and Benthic Fauna .............. 70
7.2.3 Monitoring of Fish ............................................ 76
7.2.4 Monitoring of Birds ....................................... .' ... 76
7.2.5 Monitoring of Beaches and Coasts .............................. 77
7.2.6 Environmental Information System ............................. 77
7.3 Postscript .......................................................... 78
7-4 List of Words and Expressions ........................................ 78
References ............................................................. 78
Part III Environmentallmpad and Planning ..................... 81
8
Europipe II: Early Consultation and Selection
of Environmentally Good Alternatives Pay Off ........................ 83
8.1 Introduction ....................................................... 83
8.2 Alternative Pipeline Routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
8.3 Fishery Interests .................................................... 84
8.4 Environmental Interests ............................................. 86
8.5 Conclusions ........................................................ 88
References ............................................................. 89
9 Seawater Desalination Plants: Heavy Coastal Industry ................ 91
9.1 Introduction....................................................... 91
9.2 The Legal Context ................................................... 92
9.3 Coastal Morphological Impacts ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
9.4 Some Technical Information About Thermal Desalination ................ 93
9.5 Chemical Impacts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 94
9.6 A Case Study: Copper ............................................... 95
9.7 A Glance at Reverse Osmosis-Plants .................................. 96
9.8 The Targets: Coastal Sub-Ecosystems .................................. 97
9.9 How to Use the Sensitivity Index ...................................... 98
9.10 Effects on the Regional Ecosystem as a Whole ........................... 98
9.11 Concluding Remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 101
References ............................................................ 102