Open AccessAn assessment of the potential impact of a deepwater sea¬port construction on the hydrological regime of the Vistula lagoon
Author(s) -
Larisa Sergeyeva
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
baltijskij region
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2310-0532
pISSN - 2074-9848
DOI - 10.5922/2074-9848-2011-1-6
Subject(s) - port (circuit theory) , oceanography , environmental science , impact assessment , fishery , geology , hydrology (agriculture) , engineering , geotechnical engineering , biology , electrical engineering , public administration , political science
This article focuses on the level fluctuation in the Vistula Lagoon. In view of the planned construction of a deepwater seaport in its waters, the author emphasizes the negative impact on its hydrological regime: rise in the levels which could lead to the flooding of the territories adjoining the mouth of the Pregolya river, increase in salinity, extinction of hydrobionts, and destruction of the ecological systems