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Ocean Observing Systems: Latest Developments and Challenges

edited by

A. Miguel P. Santos

and Hassan Moustahfid

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11706 | Submission Open

Keywords: ocean-observing systems; ocean monitoring; marine technologies; ocean sensing; best practices; climate changes; marine ecosystems; ocean-atmosphere interactions; ocean data management; sustainable ocean management

Oceans in a Changing Climate

edited by

Mariana Bernardino

and

Diogo Mendes

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 13233 | Submission Open

Keywords: ocean–climate interactions; marine renewable energy; ocean warming; coastal resilience and policy; wave dy-namics; sea-level rise

Artificial Intelligence in Fisheries Management and Monitoring

edited by Jian Zhao and

Sachinandan Dutta

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1150 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; fisheries; management; monitoring; sustainability

Offshore Renewable Energy and Related Environmental Science

edited by

Yordan Garbatov

, Emre Uzunoglu and Elif Oguz

submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3388 | Submission Open

Keywords: offshore renewable energy; offshore structures; environmental concerns; effects on marine life; changes in marine ecosystems

Marine Mammals in a Changing World, 3rd Edition

edited by

Alexander Werth

and Matthew S. Savoca

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2929 | Submission Open

Keywords: health; conservation; ecology; behavior; physiology; pollution

Marine Food Webs: Integrating Traditional and Emerging Approaches to Understand Ecosystem Dynamics

edited by Rita Garcia Seoane and Christopher B. Wall

submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 388 | Submission Open

Keywords: trophic ecology; marine food webs; energy flow; stable isotopes; fatty acids; compound-specific isotope analysis; biogeochemistry; food web modelling; molecular approaches

The Effect of Offshore Infrastructure on Coastal Ocean Hydrodynamics

edited by David Kevin Woolf

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 276 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrodynamics; infrastructure; coastal ocean; stratification; turbulence; wakes; currents; waves; tides

Recent Progress in Ocean Fronts

edited by

Miaohua Mao

, Weijie Liu and

María Paz Chidichimo

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6198 | Submission Open

Keywords: ocean fronts; hydrodynamics; air–sea interactions; biogeochemical cycle; land–sea interactions

Marine Plastic Pollution Impacts Across Scales: From the Individual to the Community Scale

edited by

Laurent Seuront

and

Marine Uguen

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 44 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine plastic pollution; conventional vs. biobased and/or biodegradable plastics; emerging contaminants; contaminant mixtures; legacy pollutants; spatial heterogeneity; source attribution; transdisciplinary integrative research; monitoring harmonization; social drivers and consequences of plastic pollution

Coral Reef Ecology and Biology, 2nd Edition: Corals of the Future

edited by Ronald Osinga

submission deadline 20 Jul 2027 | Viewed by 33 | Submission Open

Keywords: coral reefs; climate change; global stressors; adaptation; assisted evolution; coral reef management

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