Climate Change Effects on Suspended Sediment Dynamics in a Coastal Lagoon: Ria de Aveiro (Portugal)

Functional resilience of PSII, vertical distribution and ecosystem-level estimates of subsurface microphytobenthos in estuarine tidal flats

“…The fraction of MPB subsurface biomass was estimated for the whole intertidal area of the Ria de Aveiro, considering the relationship between C sub values and sediment type (granulometry) observed for the sampling sites and the distribution of granulometry throughout the intertidal areas of the estuary. Information on the grain size of the sediments of the Ria de Aveiro was obtained from Costa et al (2018) and Plecha et al (2014). The available data is the form of a D 35 matrix, values that correspond to the size of particles where 35% of all particles have a lower diameter than the announced value.…”

Multidecadal Evolution of the Turbidity Maximum Zone in a Macrotidal River Under Climate and Anthropogenic Pressures

“…For example, changes in river discharge can modify the contribution of river‐induced residual currents to sediment transport (e.g., Brouwer et al., 2018), which can displace the natural position of the TMZ (Jalón‐Rojas et al., 2015). Recent studies suggest that predicted climate‐induced changes in river discharge will have a larger effect on sediment dynamics than sea‐level rise (Costa et al., 2018; van Maanen & Sottolichio, 2018). Estuarine morphology therefore evolves because of the changes in natural boundary conditions, but the feedback response of these natural morphological changes on hydro‐sedimentary dynamics has scarcely been studied (Moore et al., 2009).…”