Spatial distribution of sand dunes along the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast: inventory, UAS mapping and new discoveries

Bogdan Prodanov; Lyubomir Dimitrov; Iliyan Kotsev; Radoslava Bekova; Todor Lambev

doi:10.3897/natureconservation.54.105507

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Nature Conservation 54: 81-120
https://doi.org/10.3897/natureconservation.54.105507 (05 Dec 2023)

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Abstract
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Introduction
- Beach and dune definitions
- Brief reference on sand dunes inventories in Europe and Bulgaria
- Human activities and anthropogenic pressures on coastal dunes
- Aim of the study
Materials and methods
- Study area
  - Bulgarian Black Sea beach-dune systems
  - Climate of the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. Prevailing winds, aeolian transport and dune formation
- Inventory data source
  - Archive of IO-BAS
  - Cadastral-Administrative Information System of the Republic of Bulgaria (CAIS): Thematic module for the Bulgarian Black Sea coast
- Methods
  - UAS mapping and field surveys
  - Grain-size sampling and analysis of beach-dune sediments
  - Beach-dune systems and hierarchical subordination of sectors
  - Identification and classification of coastal dune landforms
Results
- Spatial distribution of dune systems along the Bulgarian Black Sea coast
  - Dunes along Dobrudzha coast (Cape Sivriburun - Batova River Mouth)
  - Dunes along Franga-Avren coast (Batova River Mouth - Cape Paletsa)
  - Dunes along Kamchiya coast (Cape Paletsa – Cape Karaburun)
  - Dunes along the Balkan Mountains coastal area (Cape Karaburun – Aheloy)
  - Dunes along the Burgas coast (Aheloy – Chernomorets)
  - Dunes along Medni Rid - Strandzha coast
Discussion
- General morpho-sedimentological profile of dune systems along the Bulgarian Black Sea coast
- Alteration, degradation and loss of coastal dunes due to human activities
- Adequacy of protected areas boundaries in the light of CDL conservation: “Pyasachna liliya” Managed Reserve, Kavatsite Dune Area
- Long-term legal preservation of coastal dune landforms in Bulgaria
- Data adequacy of CAIS, thematic module for the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast
Conclusions
Acknowledgements
Additional information
- Conflict of interest
- Ethical statement
- Funding
- Author contributions
- Author ORCIDs
- Data availability
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