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Introduction
Managing the human activities that have an impact on Scotland’s seas
Climate change
Physical characteristics and ocean acidification
Clean and safe
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Natural capital, ecosystem services and the Blue Economy
Pressures from activities
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Beach replenishment
The deposition of sediment on a beach.
Associated productive assessment:
Aggregates
Associated pressures:
Emergence regime changes - local
Litter
Physical change (to another seabed type)
Physical removal (extraction of substratum)
Removal of non-target species (including lethal)
Siltation rate changes (heavy)
Siltation rate changes (light)
Sub-surface abrasion/penetration
Visual disturbance (behaviour)
Water flow (tidal current) changes - local
Wave exposure changes - local
