Marine Dredging Engineering: Environmental Dredging

Dear Colleagues,

As coastal populations continue to grow worldwide, so do issues involving impaired coastal water. One strategy for the mitigation of poor water quality involves the removal of accumulated fine and organic matter (muck). The removal of the legacy load of organics and fine sediment will reduce internal sources of nutrients and turbidity. The dredging community has traditionally been focused on large-scale navigation projects or shoreline stabilization projects. Targeted environmental dredging, operating at smaller scales, requires the development of hardware designed for that purpose. The treatment of the slurry for efficient removal of contaminants and reuse of the solids remain challenges for the community. The goal of this Special Issue is to bring together the state-of-the-science and engineering concerning environmental dredging.

To achieve this goal, the Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (JMSE) is seeking manuscripts for a Special Issue focused on environmental dredging. The issue is seeking the submission of manuscripts that address targeted or precision dredging techniques for the removal of fine and organic matter, dredging around structures, the environmental benefits from dredging, the disposal and/or reuse of dredged material, and the treatment of the slurry for the removal of nutrients and contaminants.

Prof. Dr. Robert J. Weaver
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.