Freire, PaulaFerreira, ÓscarTaborda, RuiOliveira, FilipaCarrasco, Ana RitaSilva, AnaVargas, CatarinaCapitão, RuiFortes, Conceição JuanaBraga Coli, AlexandreSantos, João2017-12-072017-12-0720090749-0258AUT: OFE00989;http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/10228Sandy beaches can be found in fetch-limited environments that are protected from ocean generated waves, as estuaries, lagoons, and backbarriers, and where fetch characteristics allow local wind-generated waves to develop and maintain a beach. The morphodynamics of these low-energy beaches present a peculiar behaviour and general open-ocean models are inappropriate for their study.engLocally-generated wavesMorphological evolutionBeach classificationjournal article