Abstract
Numerous waterfront developments built on the sea along the southeastern French Mediterranean coast have resulted in large-scale destruction to the infralittoral zone. A total of 185 development projects, extending over 106 km have been built along the 656 km of rocky shores of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. 30.57 km 2 have been covered by ports, dikes, land fills and artificial beaches. Because the coast of this region has a very narrow continental shelf (only 314.72 km 2 between 0 and −20m), every construction on the sea significantly reduces the area where the benthic life is richest. Today a total of 9.7% of the shallow water zone between 0 and −20m and 14.5% between 0 and −10 m have been irreversibly destroyed, covered by waterfront development.
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