Climate Change and Coastal Habitats
A special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312). This special issue belongs to the section "Coastal Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 July 2021) | Viewed by 501
Special Issue Editors
Interests: coastal dune vegetation; coastal salt marshes vegetation; coastal erosion; EU habitat of interest; halophytes; psammophytes; seed germination
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Interests: entomology; biological control of insect pests; bioactivity of natural substances against insects of medical and agricultural interest; microbial insecticides; integrated pest management; mosquitoes; effects of GMOs and/or biopesticides on non-targets; halophytes; seed germination
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Natural coastal habitats (sand dunes and beaches, salt marshes, maritime cliffs, etc.), constitute transition zones between terrestrial and marine habitats and are continuously and profoundly affected by climate change around the world. These, whether by direct impact—variations in temperatures and rainfall—or direct—coastal erosion or sea level rise—can cause a significant loss of habitat and biodiversity in an unprecedented way, with evident consequences also at the socioeconomic level for coastal communities. In this context, assessing the extent changes of biodiversity, also in temporal terms, is a fundamental challenge for research in the field of temporal ecology, which must increasingly be a shared priority of conservation and protection agendas worldwide. This Special Issue was therefore conceived with the intention of expanding knowledge on the most recent dynamics of biodiversity in these highly threatened systems, also identifying the types of communities most at risk for each type of habitat. In this way, we can help to direct future conservation and management efforts toward more suitable strategies.
Prof. Dr. Tiziana Lombardi
Dr. Stefano Bedini
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- coastal habitat
- climate change
- coastal dune habitat
- salt marshes
- salinity
- psammophytes
- halophytes
- plant population and community dynamics
- EU Habitats
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