become progressively more important in explaining that (Devoy et al., 1996; Freitas et al., 2002a; Bao et al., 2007).

Although there are a good number of works about how the forcing agents (natural or anthropogenic) have control the evolution of transitional coastal environments in the WIAC (e. g., Zazo et al., 1996; Pendon et al., 1998; Ramos et al., 2001; Santos et al., 2001; Henriques et al., 2002; Freitas et al., 2003b; Drago et al., 2004; Santos & Sánchez-Goñi, 2003; Cearreta et al., 2003; Abrantes et al., 2005; Dinis et al., 2005; Cabral et al., 2006; Costa, 2006; Drago et al., 2006; Ferreira et al., 2006; Cearreta et al., 2007; Naughton et al., 2007b; Danielsen, 2008; Costas et al., 2009; Cruces et al., 2009; Arribas et al., 2010; Cruces et al., 2010; Granja et al., 2010; Cruces et al., 2011; De la Rosa et al., 2012; Leorri et al., 2013), and at Mediterranean coast (e. g., Bosky et al., 2002; Andrade et al., 2004; Fletcher et al., 2017; Bosky et al., 2008) most of them are focused on estuaries, whereas lagoons and coastal lakes and ponds studies are still scarse.