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C.W. Finkl, C. Makowski (eds.), Coastal Wetlands: Alteration and Remediation,
Coastal Research Library 21, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-56179-0_9
Chapter 9
Physical and Morphological Changes
to Wetlands Induced by Coastal Structures
Germán Daniel Rivillas-Ospina, Gabriel Ruiz-Martinez, Rodolfo Silva,
Edgar Mendoza, Carlos Pacheco, Guillermo Acuña, Juan Rueda,
Angélica Felix, Jesús Pérez, and Carlos Pinilla
Abstract This document is focused on the establishment of a methodology to
assess erosive processes in a coastal wetland. Particularly, it analyses the spit that
separates the lagoon from the sea, elaborating a diagnostic process that helps to
characterize the effect of the coastal infrastructure in morphological changes in a
short and medium-term. Elements such as the morphology, the wave climate, the
hydrodynamic and the evolution monitoring of coastline are key elements to understand whether a coastal wetland is on equilibrium or in the contrary, its state of
vulnerability is such that in the slightest change in physics conditions will produce
negative effects by the system instability.
G.D. Rivillas-Ospina (*) • C. Pacheco • G. Acuña • J. Rueda
Departamento de Ingeniería Civil y Ambiental. PIANC-COLOMBIA, Universidad del Norte,
1569, Km 5 Via Puerto Colombia, Puerto Colombia, Colombia
e-mail: grivillas@uninorte.edu.co; cbustosa@uninorte.edu.co; gjacuna@uninorte.edu.co;
jgrueda@uninorte.edu.co
G. Ruiz-Martinez
Departmento de Recursos del Mar, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del
Instituto Politécnico Nacional, 97310, Ant. Carretera a Progreso Km 6, Cordemex,
Mérida, Yucatán, México
e-mail: gruizm@cinvestav.mx
R. Silva • E. Mendoza • A. Felix
Coordinación de Hidráulica, Instituto de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de
México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 Ciudad de México, México
e-mail: rsilvac@iingen.unam.mx; emendozab@iingen.unam.mx; afelixd@iingen.unam.mx
J. Pérez
Departamento de Ingeniería Civil, Universidad EAFIT,
Carrera 49 # 7 sur -50, Medellín, Antioquía, Colombia
e-mail: jperez@eafit.edu.co
C. Pinilla
Departmento de Física, Universidad del Norte,
1569, Km 5 Vía Puerto Colombia, Puerto Colombia, Colombia
e-mail: ccpinilla@uninorte.edu.co
© Springer International Publishing AG 2017
C.W. Finkl, C. Makowski (eds.), Coastal Wetlands: Alteration and Remediation,
Coastal Research Library 21, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-56179-0_9
Chapter 9
Physical and Morphological Changes
to Wetlands Induced by Coastal Structures
Germán Daniel Rivillas-Ospina, Gabriel Ruiz-Martinez, Rodolfo Silva,
Edgar Mendoza, Carlos Pacheco, Guillermo Acuña, Juan Rueda,
Angélica Felix, Jesús Pérez, and Carlos Pinilla
Abstract This document is focused on the establishment of a methodology to
assess erosive processes in a coastal wetland. Particularly, it analyses the spit that
separates the lagoon from the sea, elaborating a diagnostic process that helps to
characterize the effect of the coastal infrastructure in morphological changes in a
short and medium-term. Elements such as the morphology, the wave climate, the
hydrodynamic and the evolution monitoring of coastline are key elements to understand whether a coastal wetland is on equilibrium or in the contrary, its state of
vulnerability is such that in the slightest change in physics conditions will produce
negative effects by the system instability.
G.D. Rivillas-Ospina (*) • C. Pacheco • G. Acuña • J. Rueda
Departamento de Ingeniería Civil y Ambiental. PIANC-COLOMBIA, Universidad del Norte,
1569, Km 5 Via Puerto Colombia, Puerto Colombia, Colombia
e-mail: grivillas@uninorte.edu.co; cbustosa@uninorte.edu.co; gjacuna@uninorte.edu.co;
jgrueda@uninorte.edu.co
G. Ruiz-Martinez
Departmento de Recursos del Mar, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del
Instituto Politécnico Nacional, 97310, Ant. Carretera a Progreso Km 6, Cordemex,
Mérida, Yucatán, México
e-mail: gruizm@cinvestav.mx
R. Silva • E. Mendoza • A. Felix
Coordinación de Hidráulica, Instituto de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de
México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 Ciudad de México, México
e-mail: rsilvac@iingen.unam.mx; emendozab@iingen.unam.mx; afelixd@iingen.unam.mx
J. Pérez
Departamento de Ingeniería Civil, Universidad EAFIT,
Carrera 49 # 7 sur -50, Medellín, Antioquía, Colombia
e-mail: jperez@eafit.edu.co
C. Pinilla
Departmento de Física, Universidad del Norte,
1569, Km 5 Vía Puerto Colombia, Puerto Colombia, Colombia
e-mail: ccpinilla@uninorte.edu.co