Investigating Pocket beach dynamics in Malta: The SIPOBED project

D’Amico, Sebastiano; Galone, Luciano; Colica, Emanuele; Gauci, Adam; Valentino, Gianluca; Piroddi, Luca; Iregbeyen, Peter

doi:10.1109/metrosea55331.2022.9950829

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“…Estimation of certain sea turtles' indices (i.e., the sex ratio of hatchlings [69] and habitat parameters (i.e., the thermal profile of nesting beaches [70] could support monitoring of their trends and a collection of both important time series. Collection of both biological information and environmental parameters [71,72] could offer the opportunity to monitor species and their respective habitats under rapidly changing conditions.…”

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Advancing Sea Turtle Monitoring at Nesting and Near Shore Habitats with UAVs, Data Loggers, and State of the Art Technologies

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Kyprioti,

Chatzimentor

et al. 2024

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In the face of environmental change, high-quality and fine-scale information is essential in order to monitor the highly dynamic environments on land and sea. While traditional approaches to data collection face a number of practical limitations, advanced technologies could supplement and further improve our efforts. Taking sea turtles as a modeling organism, we present a novel methodological framework for monitoring species by means of advanced technologies, including Unmanned Aerial Vehicles coupled with image and temperature sensors. Diverse monitoring protocols were refined through pilot studies conducted in both terrestrial and nearshore sea turtle habitats. Our approach focuses on the collection of information for critical biological parameters concerning species reproduction and habitat use, following the complex life cycle of the species. Apart from biological information, our framework encompasses also the collection of information on crucial environmental factors that might be changing due to current and future human-derived pressures, such as beach erosion and temperature profile, as well as highly important human activities such as recreational use within nesting beaches that could undermine habitat quality for the species. This holistic and standardized approach to monitoring using advanced technologies could foster our capacity for conservation, resolving difficulties previously addressed and improving the collection of biological and environmental data in the frame of an adaptive management scheme.

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Advancing Sea Turtle Monitoring at Nesting and Near Shore Habitats with UAVs, Data Loggers, and State of the Art Technologies

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Kyprioti,

Chatzimentor

et al. 2024

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“…Additionally, quite a large number of geomorphological studies focused on the submerged landscape of the Maltese seabed (e.g., Foglini et al, 2016;Prampolini et al, 2018Prampolini et al, , 2019. Turning attention to Geophysics, its methodologies, particularly those involving sonar sounding systems and seismic reflection techniques, played a pivotal role in deciphering submerged features and/or onshore areas (e.g., D'Amico et al, 2022).…”

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Geoscience studies in the Maltese Islands: a gateway to the Central Mediterranean region

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Vandelli,

Bucci

et al. 2024

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The location of the Maltese Islands, at the centre of the Mediterranean Sea, places them as a reference for regional climatic, tectonic and marine processes that have affected the Mediterranean basin. Our review work targeted the entire geoscientific literature produced about the Maltese Islands, covering the period from the 19th century to 2023. We identified ca. 390 papers, by using the main literature databases, and classified them according to the main scientific fields. Geomorphology, stratigraphy and sedimentology represent the main research topics, followed by palaeontology and structural geology. We analysed the temporal distribution of this scientific production, highlighting an overall increasing trend in the number of papers over time. This reveals a growing interest in the geoscientific research related to the Maltese Islands. The review emphasises collaborative efforts between scientists from different fields, illustrating the interdisciplinary nature of geoscientific research in Malta. Our results show that the scientific collaboration between authors, and affiliated institutions, is also based on the shared history and linguistic ties, among the Maltese, Italian and British cultures. The outputs of our review aim to be a comprehensive reference for those undertaking geoscientific research on the Islands.

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“…High resolution bathymetric data are crucial for various purposes uding monitoring underwater topography, generating nautical charts to aid in igation, and gauging the movement of deposited sediment underwater [5,6]. itionally, in relation to ongoing worldwide effects on our environment, bathymetric rmation has become ever more important to understand the effect that climate change nducing on the marine environment, to detect sea-level rise and underwater sidence, and to notify scientists of any changes experienced by coastal phodynamics [7]. Bathymetric information is paramount to help maintain and operate coastal zones.…”

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“…Additionally, in relation to ongoing worldwide effects on our environment, bathymetric information has become ever more important to understand the effect that climate change is inducing on the marine environment, to detect sea-level rise and underwater subsidence, and to notify scientists of any changes experienced by coastal morphodynamics [7]. Abstract: Bathymetric information has become essential to help maintain and operate coastal zones.…”

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“…Accurate determination of the water depth has become c understanding several global interaction processes which in turn influence a n marine factors including, but not solely, the flow of sea water carrying heat, p nutrients, and salt [4]. High resolution bathymetric data are crucial for various including monitoring underwater topography, generating nautical charts t navigation, and gauging the movement of deposited sediment underwa Additionally, in relation to ongoing worldwide effects on our environment, ba information has become ever more important to understand the effect that clima is inducing on the marine environment, to detect sea-level rise and un subsidence, and to notify scientists of any changes experienced by morphodynamics [7].…”

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Satellite-Derived Bathymetry for Selected Shallow Maltese Coastal Zones

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Bathymetric information has become essential to help maintain and operate coastal zones. Traditional in situ bathymetry mapping using echo sounders is inefficient in shallow waters and operates at a high logistical cost. On the other hand, lidar mapping provides an efficient means of mapping coastal areas. However, this comes at a high acquisition cost as well. In comparison, satellite-derived bathymetry (SDB) provides a more cost-effective way of mapping coastal regions, albeit at a lower resolution. This work utilises all three of these methods collectively, to obtain accurate bathymetric depth data of two pocket beaches, Golden Bay and Għajn Tuffieħa, located in the northwestern region of Malta. Using the Google Earth Engine platform, together with Sentinel-2 data and collected in situ measurements, an empirical pre-processing workflow for estimating SDB was developed. Four different machine learning algorithms which produced differing depth accuracies by calibrating SDBs with those derived from alternative techniques were tested. Thus, this study provides an insight into the depth accuracy that can be achieved for shallow coastal regions using SDB techniques.

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Investigating Pocket beach dynamics in Malta: The SIPOBED project

Cited by 6 publications

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Advancing Sea Turtle Monitoring at Nesting and Near Shore Habitats with UAVs, Data Loggers, and State of the Art Technologies

Advancing Sea Turtle Monitoring at Nesting and Near Shore Habitats with UAVs, Data Loggers, and State of the Art Technologies

Geoscience studies in the Maltese Islands: a gateway to the Central Mediterranean region

Satellite-Derived Bathymetry for Selected Shallow Maltese Coastal Zones

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