{"refrec":{"BRefID":202851,"RR":"<b>Rans, G.; Jayatissa, L.P.; Hettiarachchi, S.; Koedam, N.; Dahdouh-Guebas, F.</b> (2011). Investigating efficiency of greenbelts for the protection of Sri Lanka’s coasts against ocean wave surges, <b><i>in</i></b>: Mees, J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) <i>VLIZ Young Marine Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 25 February 2011: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication,</i> 48: pp. 69","BEntID":195086,"PublicFlag":1,"CheckedFlag":0,"wosflag":null,"vabbflag":null,"RefStringPartII":", <b><i>in</i></b>: Mees, J. <i>et al.</i> <i>VLIZ Young Marine Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 25 February 2011: book of abstracts. 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