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Presently maritime ecosystem has been arched into a ground of contradiction by the various consumers, developers, concern groups, local development authorities and environmentalists. The low land and deltaic coast is almost covered by the different types of coastal floral and faunal species which structurally multifaceted, environmentally delicate to phenomenal hazards and culturally noteworthy so far as the development and spreading out of human habitation is alarmed. Coastal biological processes endow an outline from which to simplify athwart space and time scales. The book commences these perceptions and sketches, geological background, materials and coastal procedures along with diverse types of maritime species. The present book illustrates comprehensively on the scientific literature and pays meticulous esteem in provisos of historical viewpoint to those coastal scientists who have put up the practicalities of what we discern.

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Nilay Kanti BarmanM.A,Department of Geography,Hijli College, Kharagpur, Midnapore, West Bengal, India.Ansar KhanM.Sc,Department of Geography and Environment Management,Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal, India.Soumendu ChatterjeeM.Sc, Ph.D,Department of Geography,Presidency University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

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