Coastal ecology
- Submission status
- Open
- Submission deadline
The coast is a narrow but very complex and dynamic region where land and ocean meet. Coastal ecosystems are amongst the most biodiverse and productive on Earth, including estuaries, mangroves, wetlands, intertidal zones, seagrass meadows, and coral reefs. These ecosystems provide a wealth of resources and services for human communities, but are also under significant threat from climate change, overexploitation, pollution, and other anthropogenic pressures. It is therefore vital to better understand the highly intricate ecological networks of coastal communities, if we are to successfully preserve, manage and improve the health of these ecosystems in the coming decades.
This Collection welcomes submissions from all fields of ecology, conservation, environmental sciences, sustainability, and interdisciplinary research, with a focus on coastal ecosystems and the organisms found within them.
Editors
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Irfan Aziz
University of Karachi, Pakistan
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Radhouane Ben-Hamadou
Qatar University, Qatar
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Zachary T. Long
University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA
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