naa a22 4500 510749011 CHVBK 20180411083057.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11270-012-1384-1 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11270-012-1384-1 Using Biogeochemical Markers to Assess the Environmental Effects of Shore-Parallel Breakwaters on a Coastal Area Affected by Mass Tourism (Rimini, Italy) [Elektronische Daten] [Gabriele Matteucci, Federica Fiesoletti, Paolo Rossini] This paper discusses the effects of breakwaters on the Rimini coastal environment over the last half century. Sediment cores of 50cm thick were collected in various seasons from 2002 to 2005 and were subsampled at surface and subsurface levels at 20 inshore and offshore stations in order to take account of various freshwater and wastewater inputs. A 240-cm sediment core was collected in the most impacted area in order to reconstruct the evolution of the marine ecosystem since the time of the breakwaters' construction. Sediment grain size, physico-chemical parameters, nutrients and inorganic and organic contaminants were determined. The breakwaters have stopped coastal erosion but have given rise to a worsening of environmental quality. No impacts were detected outside the breakwaters. The integrated approach, using biogeochemical markers to reconstruct spatial and historical environmental trends within the sheltered area, proved to be very useful in highlighting its capacity for recovery and providing indications for coastal management. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2012 Coastal management nationallicence Breakwaters nationallicence Contaminants nationallicence Biogeochemical markers nationallicence Enrichment factor nationallicence Adriatic sea nationallicence Matteucci Gabriele Istituto di Ricerca Gruppo CSA S.p.A., Via al Torrente 22, 47923, Rimini, Italy aut Fiesoletti Federica Istituto di Ricerca Gruppo CSA S.p.A., Via al Torrente 22, 47923, Rimini, Italy aut Rossini Paolo Istituto di Ricerca Gruppo CSA S.p.A., Via al Torrente 22, 47923, Rimini, Italy aut Water, Air, & Soil Pollution Springer Netherlands 224/1(2013-01-01), 1-15 0049-6979 224:1<1 2013 224 11270 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-012-1384-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-012-1384-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Matteucci Gabriele Istituto di Ricerca Gruppo CSA S.p.A., Via al Torrente 22, 47923, Rimini, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fiesoletti Federica Istituto di Ricerca Gruppo CSA S.p.A., Via al Torrente 22, 47923, Rimini, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rossini Paolo Istituto di Ricerca Gruppo CSA S.p.A., Via al Torrente 22, 47923, Rimini, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Water, Air, & Soil Pollution Springer Netherlands 224/1(2013-01-01), 1-15 0049-6979 224:1<1 2013 224 11270 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer