Creating a living breakwater : a viability study of building a kelp reef as a nature based coastal wave defence in Skutulsfjörður, Iceland

• Main Author: Dickson, Jonathan Michael, 1989-
• Other Authors: Háskólinn á Akureyri
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Meistaraprófsritgerðir; Háskólasetur Vestfjarða; Haf- og strandsvæðastjórnun; Sjóvarnargarðar; Náttúran; Umhverfisáhrif; Coastal and marine management; Coastlines; University Centre of the Westfjords; Haf; Breakwater; Ísafjörður; Skutulsfjörður; Kelp Reef; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/31313

Verkefnið er lokað til 01.06.2019. As ocean levels rise and storm intensities increase, coastlines are increasingly under threat from waves and seawater inundation. Hard coastal defences such as rock armour that have historically been used are still prevalent, although as coastal processes are now b...