Eutrophication and Hypoxia in Estuarine and Coastal Systems
A Special Issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312) belonging to the section "Marine Environmental Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 October 2026) | Viewed by 260
Editors
Interests: cycling of trace metals; nutrients in coastal estuaries; organic-rich sediments; benthic food webs
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Interests: hydrodynamics; ecological; modelling; estuarine; coastal circulation; climate changes
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Eutrophication and hypoxia are reshaping estuarine and coastal systems worldwide, with consequences that extend from habitat loss and trophic disruptions to impacts on microbial communities, nutrient cycling, and water quality. Seasonal and permanent hypoxic zones are among the most well characterized, with many detailed mechanistic studies.
In contrast, episodic, periodic, and diel hypoxic events pose unique challenges to coastal systems yet remain comparatively understudied, with their system-specific impacts remaining elusive. Although short-lived, the cumulative impacts of these events can contribute to altered geochemical feedback loops, increased stress from hydrogen sulfide, changes in vegetative cover and faunal diversity, and disruptions to trophic structure and fisheries.
Effective monitoring and modeling strategies are needed to advance our mechanistic understanding and predictive capability for short-duration hypoxic events. Better quantification of the spatiotemporal extent of hypoxia in coastal oceans and estuaries will facilitate research on both acute and chronic impacts. This Special Issue invites contributions investigating these events and their impacts, from monitoring, modeling, and prediction to system- and species-specific interactions.
Dr. Austin Fox
Dr. José Fortes Lopes
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- estuarine and coastal systems
- eutrophication
- hypoxia
- trophic disruptions
- microbial communities
- water quality
- dissolved oxygen
- anoxia
- ecosystem services
- resting stages and "resurrection ecology”
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