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Climate Change and Anthropogenic Impact on Coastal Environments
Summary
This special issue introduction covers research on how climate change and human activities are transforming coastal environments including deltas, lagoons, and mangroves. These coastal zones are important sinks for plastic pollution, and changes to their physical and ecological structure affect how microplastics accumulate and impact local biodiversity.
Coastal-transitional areas, including delta plains, strandplains, lagoons, embayments, salt marshes, and mangroves, are some of the most valuable global resources in terms of both socioeconomic interest and cultural–natural heritage [...]
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