Coastal Lagoon Ecology

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue focuses on the ecology of coastal lagoons. Recent findings indicate that lagoon environments have rapidly changed due to human activities and global warming over the past several decades. This change has led to significant variations in ecology. For example, the long-term increase in temperatures due to global warming has facilitated the intensification of algal blooms, and it will cause a rise in sea level and disappearance of water bodies. Thus, extensive studies have been conducted, but there is still a knowledge gap in terms of our understanding of the variation in the ecology of coastal lagoons in accordance with future coastal environmental changes. To fill this gap, studies on the hydrology, water quality, vegetation, time series, loss of ecosystems, and taxonomy and ecology of plankton are highly necessary.

We invite researchers to submit research articles that enable us to advance our understanding of the ecology of coastal lagoons. The scope of this Special Issue covers all aspects of ecology in a wide sense.

Prof. Dr. Juan Miguel Soria
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.