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Open Journal of Marine Science (OJMS) is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancements in marine science. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of marine…
Cristóbal Guevara-Guillén, Bernardo Shirasago-Germán, Edgar Leonardo Pérez-Lezama
We analyzed the hydrographic variability of La Paz Bay, the largest coastal water body in the Gulf of California, and its relationship with Pacific large-scale phenomena, including the El Ni?o-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), Pa…
Sergio G. Longhitano
A straightforward conceptual method is proposed to quantitatively assess the seasonal-scale tendency of retreatment or advancement on microtidal beaches by using the backshore/foreshore length ratio. This method is based on measuring the cross-shore profile o…
Keng Bin Loke, Ab. Saman Abd. Kader, Mohd. Zamani Ahmad, Saharuddin Abdul Hamid, Mohamad Rosni Othman
Globalization push container terminal grown rapidly in decade. To fulfill the future traffic requirement, this study highlights marginal expansion planning of infrastructure in a container terminal. By using marginal approach, the expansion plan can be determ…
R. Onguene, E. Pemha, F. Lyard, Y. Du-Penhoat, G. Nkoue, T. Duhaut, E. Njeugna, P. Marsaleix, R. Mbiake, S. Jombe, D. Allain
Time series of sea level heights have been collected at different stations along the Cameroon coast. The dataset covers a period ranging from 2007 to 2012. Tide data measured by float type recorders have been digitalized and quality-controlled with tools deve…
Elizabeth L. Mclean, Klaus Rützler, Penelope S. Pooler, 1 1
The overgrowth of octocorals by sponges is generally disadvantageous for the octocorals. When the growth of octocoral populations increases the reefs’ structural complexity, more substrate space becomes available for epibionts to grow. One of these epibionts…
Towhida Rashid, Sirajul Hoque, Sharmin Akter
The study focused on heavy metal concentration in sea water, sea sediment and their toxic effect on sea shells, and on oyster along the east coast of the Bay of Bengal. The hierarchy of heavy metals in sea sediment of the bay showed as: Fe > Zn > Ni > Cr > Pb…
Daika Augustin, Mbane Biouele César
Descriptions of unusually high waves appearing on the sea surface for a short time (freak, rogue or killer waves) have been considered as a part of marine folklore for a long time. A number of instrumental registrations have appeared recently making the commu…
Nsikak U. Benson, Francis E. Asuquo, Oladele O. Osibanjo, Usoro M. Etesin, Adebusayo E. Adedapo
This paper presents a study of physical and biogeochemical variables using numerical model and mixed layer oceanographic data from a 2 - 3 year in situ measurements in the Northwestern and Northeastern sites of the Atlantic Ocean. Model outputs are presented…
Chacha John Mwita
Six hundred and fifty-eight specimens of the Clariidae were collected from seven localities in the Lake Victoria basin and the Malagarasi wetland, Tanzania. A total of three hundred unadjusted morphometric measurements and meristic counts were analysed with t…
Nilay Kanti Barman, Soumendu Chatterjee, Ansar Khan
The present study aims to analyze the shift in shoreline due to coastal processes and formulate available for best estimate of future shoreline positions based on precedent shorelines. Information on rates and trends of shoreline change can be used to improve…
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