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El Yali National Reserve: A System of Coastal Wetlands
in the Southern Hemisphere Affected by Contemporary
Climate Change and Tsunamis .............................................................. 243
Manuel Contreras-López, Julio Salcedo-Castro,
Fernanda Cortés-Molina, Pablo Figueroa-Nagel,
Hernán Vergara-Cortés, Rodrigo Figueroa-Sterquel,
and Cyntia E. Mizobe
Part II Impacts of Coastal Engineering and Environmental Degradation
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Physical and Morphological Changes to Wetlands Induced
by Coastal Structures.............................................................................. 275
Germán Daniel Rivillas-Ospina, Gabriel Ruiz-Martinez,
Rodolfo Silva, Edgar Mendoza, Carlos Pacheco, Guillermo Acuña,
Juan Rueda, Angélica Felix, Jesús Pérez, and Carlos Pinilla
10 Long Term Impacts of Jetties and Training Walls on Estuarine
Hydraulics and Ecologies ....................................................................... 317
Alexander F. Nielsen and Angus D. Gordon
11 Mangrove Degradation in the Sundarbans .......................................... 357
Ashis Kr. Paul, Ratnadip Ray, Amrit Kamila, and Subrata Jana
12 Assessment of Anthropogenic Threats to the Biological
Resources of Kaliveli Lake, India: A Coastal Wetland ........................ 393
Krishnan Silambarasan and Arumugam Sundaramanickam
13 Egyptian Nile Delta Coastal Lagoons: Alteration
and Subsequent Restoration .................................................................. 411
Ayman A. El-Gamal
Part III Restoration Techniques, Ecological Aesthetics,
and Ecosystem Conservation (Sustainability
and Biodiversity)
14 Coastal Wetland Restoration: Concepts, Methodology,
and Application Areas Along the Indian Coast .................................... 437
Ramasamy Manivanan
15 Ecological Aesthetics Perspective for Coastal Wetland
Conservation ............................................................................................ 455
LeeHsueh Lee
16 Estuarine Ecoclines and the Associated Fauna: Ecological
Information as the Basis for Ecosystem Conservation ........................ 479
Mário Barletta, André R.A. Lima, Monica F. Costa,
and David V. Dantas
Contents
8
El Yali National Reserve: A System of Coastal Wetlands
in the Southern Hemisphere Affected by Contemporary
Climate Change and Tsunamis .............................................................. 243
Manuel Contreras-López, Julio Salcedo-Castro,
Fernanda Cortés-Molina, Pablo Figueroa-Nagel,
Hernán Vergara-Cortés, Rodrigo Figueroa-Sterquel,
and Cyntia E. Mizobe
Part II Impacts of Coastal Engineering and Environmental Degradation
9
Physical and Morphological Changes to Wetlands Induced
by Coastal Structures.............................................................................. 275
Germán Daniel Rivillas-Ospina, Gabriel Ruiz-Martinez,
Rodolfo Silva, Edgar Mendoza, Carlos Pacheco, Guillermo Acuña,
Juan Rueda, Angélica Felix, Jesús Pérez, and Carlos Pinilla
10 Long Term Impacts of Jetties and Training Walls on Estuarine
Hydraulics and Ecologies ....................................................................... 317
Alexander F. Nielsen and Angus D. Gordon
11 Mangrove Degradation in the Sundarbans .......................................... 357
Ashis Kr. Paul, Ratnadip Ray, Amrit Kamila, and Subrata Jana
12 Assessment of Anthropogenic Threats to the Biological
Resources of Kaliveli Lake, India: A Coastal Wetland ........................ 393
Krishnan Silambarasan and Arumugam Sundaramanickam
13 Egyptian Nile Delta Coastal Lagoons: Alteration
and Subsequent Restoration .................................................................. 411
Ayman A. El-Gamal
Part III Restoration Techniques, Ecological Aesthetics,
and Ecosystem Conservation (Sustainability
and Biodiversity)
14 Coastal Wetland Restoration: Concepts, Methodology,
and Application Areas Along the Indian Coast .................................... 437
Ramasamy Manivanan
15 Ecological Aesthetics Perspective for Coastal Wetland
Conservation ............................................................................................ 455
LeeHsueh Lee
16 Estuarine Ecoclines and the Associated Fauna: Ecological
Information as the Basis for Ecosystem Conservation ........................ 479
Mário Barletta, André R.A. Lima, Monica F. Costa,
and David V. Dantas
Contents