Faunistic diversity of Maltese pocket sandy and shingle beaches: are these of conservation value? by Marika J. Gauci, Alan Deidun, Patrick J. Schembri

“…The littoral fauna of Maltese sandy and shingle beaches is generally regarded as impoverished and consequently of little conservation interest. …”
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Destabilisation and Accelerated Roll-Back of a Mixed Sediment Barrier in Response to a Managed Breach by Uwe Dornbusch

Subjects: “…shingle beach…”
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Effects of Habitat and Human Activities on Species Richness and Assemblages of Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) in the Baltic Sea Coast by Ulrich Irmler

“…A loss of species was determined in the gradient from sandy to shingle beaches. Few species preferred shingle beaches; abundance of Cafius xantholoma increased with the increasing amount of shingle. …”
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Four-Dimensional Investigation of Gravel Beach Ridge Accretion and 50 Years of Beach Recharge at Dungeness, UK, Using Historic Images, GPR and Lidar (HIGL) by Charlie S. Bristow, Lucy Buck, Maria Inggrid

“…A record of this eastward movement and sediment accretion is preserved by the shingle beach ridges. The power stations are located on the eroding southwestern side of the ness, and a system of beach recharge has been used to move shingle from the downdrift, east-facing shore to the updrift, southwest-facing shore to protect the power stations from coastal erosion. …”
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