UAS-BASED MONITORING AND MULTI-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF SHORELINE DYNAMICS IN THE KAVATSI?? BEACH SECTOR (1980S-2025), SOUTHERN BULGARIAN BLACK SEA COAST

Prodanov B., Dimitrov L., Kotsev I., Bekova R., Lambev T., Spatial distribution of sand dunes along the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast: inventory, UAS mapping and new discoveries, Nature Conservation, Bulgaria, 54, pp 81-120, 2023. DOI: 10.3897/natureconservation.54.105507

Popov V., Mishev, K., Geomorphology of the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and Shelf, Bulgaria, 267, 1974 (in Bulgarian).

Prodanov B., Kotsev I., Lambev T., Bekova R., Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Surveying the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, �Prof. Marin Drinov� Publishing House of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria, pp 1-10, 2020. DOI: 10.7546/crabs.2020.05.09

Prodanov B, Gussev C, Sopotlieva D, Valcheva M, Bekova R, Baltakova A, Tzonev R, Popov J. A Standard Procedure for Dune Mapping along the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast: An Integrated Approach Combining UAS Photogrammetry, Geomorphological and Phytocoenological Surveys. Frontiers in Marine Science, 12, 1579724, 2025. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2025.1579724

Kotsev I, Prodanov B, Bekova R, Lambev T. UAS-based mapping of depositional landforms along the North Bulgarian Black Sea coast in support of nature conservation. Eighth International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment (RSCy2020), 87, 2020. DOI: 10.1117/12.2571907

Prodanov B., Kotsev I., Lambev T., Dimitrov L., Bekova R., Dechev D., Drone-based geomorphological and landscape mapping of Bolata Cove, Bulgarian coast, Sustainable Development and Innovations in Marine Technologies, United Kingdom, pp 592-596, 2019. DOI: 10.1201/9780367810085-78

Prodanov B., Lambev T., Bekova R., Kotsev I., Applying unmanned aerial vehicles for high-resolution geomorphological mapping of the Ahtopol coastal sector (Bulgarian Black Sea coast), Proceedings of SGEM, Bulgaria, 19, pp 465-472, 2019. DOI: 10.5593/sgem2019/2.2/s10.057

Prahov N., Prodanov B., Dimitrov K., Dimitrov L., Velkovsky K., Application of aerial photogrammetry in the study of the underwater archaeological heritage of Nessebar, SGEM International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference EXPO Proceedings, Bulgaria, 20, pp 175-182, 2020. DOI: 10.5593/sgem2020/2.2/s10.021

Prodanov B., Kotsev I., Lambev T., Dimitrov L., 3D high-resolution mapping and identification of coastal landforms using unmanned aerial vehicles, case study: Shabla Municipality coastal sector, Bulgaria, Eighth International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment (RSCy2020), Cyprus, 50, pp 1-8, 2020. DOI: 10.1117/12.2571059

Prodanov B., Kotsev I., Bekova R., Dimitrov L., Lambev T., UAS photogrammetry as an effective tool for high-resolution mapping of depositional landforms and monitoring geomorphic change. Case study: Kamchia Shkorpilovtsi Beach, Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, SGEM International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference EXPO Proceedings, Bulgaria, 21, pp 623-634, 2021. DOI: 10.5593/sgem2021/2.1/s10.75

Prodanov B., Bekova R., Coastal dunes under threat of destruction: necessities conservation and inclusion into the cadastral maps and registries of the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, SGEM International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference EXPO Proceedings, Bulgaria, STEF92 Technology, pp 253-264, 2024. DOI: 10.5593/sgem2024/2.1/s10.31

Prodanov B., Todorova V., Dimitrov L., Bekova R., Loss of natural seabed and benthic habitats along the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast as a consequence of infrastructure development, SGEM International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference EXPO Proceedings, Bulgaria, STEF92 Technology, pp 375-390, 2023. DOI: 10.5593/sgem2023/3.1/s15.46

Bekova R., Prodanov B., Assessment of beach macrolitter using unmanned aerial systems: a study along the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, Marine Pollution Bulletin, United Kingdom, 196, 115625, 2023. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115625

Bekova R., Prodanov B., Spatiotemporal variation in marine litter distribution along the Bulgarian Black Sea sandy beaches: amount, composition, plastic pollution, and cleanliness evaluation, Frontiers in Marine Science, Switzerland, 11, 1416134, 2024. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2024.1416134

Prodanov B., Dimitrov L., Lambev T., Mapping of coastal and submarine morphological landforms using unmanned aerial systems and echo sounding data, case study: Bulgarian Black Sea coastal sector between Cape Sivriburun and Cape Kaliakra, SGEM International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference EXPO Proceedings, Bulgaria, 21, pp 717-726, 2021. DOI: 10.5593/sgem2021/2.1/s11.86

Dimitrov L., Prodanov B., Doncheva V., Berov D., Trifonova E., Seabed mapping of the Bulgarian coastal zone between Sozopol and Tsarevo (Southern Bulgarian Black Sea), Comptes rendus de l�Acad�mie bulgare des Sciences, Bulgaria, 72(5), pp 634-640, 2019. DOI: 10.7546/crabs.2019.05.11

Lambev T, Prodanov B, Dimitrov L, Kotsev I. Digital terrain model of the Varna and Beloslav Lakes, North Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. Eighth International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment (RSCy2020) 52. 2020. DOI: 10.1117/12.2571104

Prodanov B, Keremedchiev S, Dimitrov L, Andreeva N. Seabed Morphology of the Varna Bay coastal zone, Bulgarian Black Sea. In: Comptes rendus de l�Academie Bulgarie des Sciences, 72(8), 2019. DOI: 10.7546/crabs.2019.08.10

Petrova A., Mihajlova L., Vasileva V., Geological map of Bulgaria on scale 1:100 000. Pomorie map sheets, Geology and Mineral Resources Committee, Enterprise of Geophysical Survey and Geological Mapping, Bulgaria, pp 1-36, 1994.