Monitoring and Modelling of Dynamics in Tropical Coastal Systems

Dear Colleagues,

Tropical coastal systems include mangrove forests, seagrass beds, rocky shores, coral reefs, and their associated waters. They face an uncertain future in our era of climate change and coastal development. Economic gains are often prioritised over the short- and long-term ecosystem functions and services that these tropical coastal systems provide.

In order to mitigate or halt losses in marine and terrestrial biodiversity, shoreline protection, carbon storage, and fisheries to name but a few, snap-shot assessments, monitoring and/or modelling and forecasting methods are essential. Interdisciplinary methods and platforms such as remote sensing and geographical information systems provide an excellent way to assess not only the sessile parts of coastal system (such as vegetation), but also the mobile parts (such as migrating organisms and sediments).

This Special Issue on monitoring and modelling of dynamics in tropical coastal systems aims to bring together studies on the different components of the various tropical coastal systems. It welcomes impact studies executed at one particular moment in time or as before-after comparisons, long-term monitoring of resident or migratory organisms such as plants and animals, modelling and forecasting of interactions between system components such as competition, and so forth.

Prof. Dr. Farid Dahdouh-Guebas
Dr. Viviana Otero
Guest Editors

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