Linking Coastal Morphodynamics, Biology and Geochemistry at Multiple Scales
A special issue of Geosciences (ISSN 2076-3263). This special issue belongs to the section "Biogeosciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 October 2021) | Viewed by 313
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sediment transport; geomorphodynamics; bio-geomorphodynamics; benthic-pelagic coupling; bioturbation; carbon diagenesis
Interests: morphodynamics of the coastal zone; sediment transport; remote sensing monitoring; coastal protections methods; coastal zone management
Interests: coastal habitats at sedimentary shores; coastal ecology; coastal processes and geomprphology; climate changes effects on coastal habitats; seagrass beds; blue carbon; long-term development and short-term dynamics; Wadden Sea
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Continental margins are constantly changing their morphology due to multi-scale physical and biological interactions that lead to sediment erosion and deposition. Changes in morphology in turn affect the ambient environment; not only physically, but also biogeochemically. Early studies in morphodynamics often only considered physical interactions to the first-order approximation and neglected the effects of biota, even though it is established knowledge that biota actively shape their habitats by altering local sediment properties and landforms. Whether and how small-scale effects of biota accumulate and interactively guide large-scale (kilometer-scale) morphological evolution remains poorly understood. Furthermore, to what extent morphodynamics controls benthic–pelagic coupling and carbon sequestration is still an open question. This Special Issue aims to bring efforts together to address these open questions by exploring the linkages between ecosystem functioning, biogeochemistry, and coastal morphodynamics. We welcome studies based on field observations, lab experiments, machine learning, and numerical modelling.
Dr. Wenyan Zhang
Dr. Joanna Dudzinska-Nowak
Dr. Tobias Dolch
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Sediment transport
- Morphodynamics
- Bio-physics
- Benthic-pelagic coupling
- Biogeochemistry
