Coastal Wetland Management, Restoration and Conservation

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 July 2025 | Viewed by 561

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Environmental Science Research Division, University of Reading, Whiteknights Campus, Reading RG6 6UR, UK
Interests: wetland restoration; coastal and estuarine management; intertidal morphology; unmanned aerial systems
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School of Applied Sciences, University of Brighton, Cockcroft Building, Lewes Road, Brighton BN2 4GJ, UK
Interests: coastal engineering; sediment dynamics; estuarine hydrology; nature-based solutions; remote intertidal/estuarine monitoring

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Dear Colleagues,

Coastal wetlands are threatened by and are experiencing losses due to erosion, land claim, sea-level rises, climate change and anthropogenic activities. A number of management and engineering schemes have been implemented to compensate for these losses, such as replanting, construction of sedimentation-enhancing structures, and breaching flood defenses and embankments through managed realignment. Whilst a relatively small number of these schemes have been studied extensively, there remains a lack of understanding of the longer-term evolution of these schemes and the advances required to improve design and implementation.

We invite submission from across the spectrum of coastal wetland management, restoration and conservation methods, and from a range of techniques (field observation, geospatial, modelling) and disciplines (e.g., ecology, biology, geomorphology, hydrology and engineering).

Dr. Jonathan Dale
Dr. Heidi M. Burgess
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Keywords

  • coastal wetlands
  • coastal and estuarine geomorphology
  • coastal and estuarine management and engineering
  • coastal wetland ecology
  • coastal and estuarine processes

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Multiscale Structural Patterns of Intertidal Salt Marsh Vegetation in Estuarine Wetlands and Its Interactions with Tidal Creeks
by Jianfang Hu, Jiapan Yan, Zhenbang Bian, Zhaoning Gong and Duowen Zhu
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2025, 13(5), 946; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse13050946 - 13 May 2025
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The intertidal zones of estuarine wetlands serve as critical components in maintaining and promoting the sustainable development of regional ecosystems. Salt marsh vegetation, a crucial element of these zones, is experiencing significant deterioration across multiple scales due to various stressors. Despite considerable attention [...] Read more.
The intertidal zones of estuarine wetlands serve as critical components in maintaining and promoting the sustainable development of regional ecosystems. Salt marsh vegetation, a crucial element of these zones, is experiencing significant deterioration across multiple scales due to various stressors. Despite considerable attention given to the spatial patterns and temporal evolution of salt marsh vegetation, few studies have quantitatively assessed its dynamic interactions with tidal creeks. Tidal creeks serve as primary conduits for material, energy, and information exchange between intertidal zones and adjacent ecosystems. There is a complex feedback mechanism between the development of the tidal creeks and vegetation communities. We investigated the distribution patterns and successional characteristics of salt marsh vegetation at both landscape and pixel scales, with particular emphasis on coupling dynamics with tidal creeks. Our results revealed a distinct spatial gradient in vegetation distribution across the study area. While the invasion of S. alterniflora exhibited limited direct competitive effects on S. salsa, it demonstrated significant influence on tidal creek geomorphological evolution. Notably, S. salsa exhibited pronounced sensitivity to hydrological conditions, with its growth being substantially constrained by tidal creek development and associated soil modifications. Full article
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