The study was targeted for The Ministry of the Environment and Space, which co-financed the project. In the study, methods of measurement and numerical simulation are firstly described. Conceptually the study covers open problems that range from the circulation of wide-open bays to the resuspension of sediments due to winds as well as to maritime traffic. The areal extension of marine meadows along the northern coastline of the Bay of Koper which may well be disturbed by resuspended sediments is described. Pollution of the sediments by PAH and with aliphatic hydrocarbons is described, as is the mass flux of total and organic suspended matter. The distribution of falling speed as related to the size of resuspended particles is also determined for the bottom boundary layer.
F.02 Acquisition of new scientific knowledge
COBISS.SI-ID: 3037007The study of bottom-boundary currents in ‘open waters’ off the Slovenian coast was conducted in order to estimate the influence of changes in hydrographic conditions on the ecosystem in the marine environment (D7). Currents in the bottom boundary layer that were measured at the position of the coastal buoy Vida between October 2002 and October 2014 were studied. The analysis composed is a base-ground for the determination of the reference (typical) value of the bottom stress, which will be one of the fundamental measures for the estimate of the anthropogenic influence on the marine environment.
F.17 Transfer of existing technologies, know-how, methods and procedures into practice
COBISS.SI-ID: 3293007