Challenges in Monitoring and Management of Water Quality in Coastal Areas
A special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312). This special issue belongs to the section "Marine Environmental Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 5 August 2024 | Viewed by 2293
Special Issue Editor
Interests: coastal monitoring; microbial monitoring; organic matter biodegradation; climate change; coastal contaminants; public health; microbial aquatic pathogens
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Dear Colleagues,
Coastal areas represent a strategic location and rich natural resources and are also considered an important biosphere element because they sustain habitat diversity. Due to their position as a transitional component between the continental and marine environment with closely connected natural and anthropic actions, coastal areas are certainly the most changeable sector, influenced by both natural and socio-economic factors. More recently, coasts have undergone processes including erosion and retreat, ecosystem deterioration, increased storms due to climate change, coastal flooding, sea level rise and coastal water quality deterioration, including harmful algal blooms. All these factors highlight a transformation that threatens the equilibrium of the coastal system and impoverishes its resources.
Original articles and thematic reviews are encouraged, based on various aspects, including but not limited to those listed below.
- Monitoring sea level and coastline erosion by satellite;
- Detecting the development of coastal settlements;
- Use of remote sensing;
- Characterization of physical properties of the coastal zone by land topography, bathymetry, vertical land motion, land cover/land use;
- Monitoring relevant variables for marine coastal hazards as sea level, sea surface temperature, surface wind–wave interaction;
- Monitoring marine coastal hazards such as coastal erosion and flooding;
- Shoreline changes;
- Maritime pollution by oil, hydrocarbon spills and plastics, and underwater noise;
- Water quality determination via detection of pathogenic microorganisms by high-throughput sequencing;
- Coastal management tools and strategies;
- Adaptive coastal management to maintain community resilience and continuous storm barriers.
Dr. Milva Pepi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- water quality
- coastal waters
- nearshore waters
- coastal microbiology
- sea level rise
- coastal erosion
- shoreline erosion
- remote sensing
