Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science is an international multidisciplinary journal devoted to the analysis of saline water phenomena ranging from the outer edge of the continental shelf to the upper limits of the tidal zone. The journal provides a unique forum, unifying the multidisciplinary approaches to the study of the oceanography of estuaries, coastal zones, and continental shelf seas. It features original research papers, review papers and short communications treating such disciplines as zoology, botany, geology, sedimentology, physical oceanography.
Data reports of mainly local interest are discouraged.
 
Research areas include:
 
• Numerical modelling of estuarine and coastal marine ecosystems
• Species distribution in relation to varying environments
• Effects of waste disposal
• Groundwater runoff and Chemical processes
• Estuarine and fjord circulation patterns
• Meteorological and oceanic forcing of semi-enclosed and continental shelf water masses
• Sea-surface and sea-bed processes
• Estuarine and coastal sedimentary processes and geochemistry
• Brackish water and lagoon phenomena
• Transitional waters

research note
short communication
Reviews
Invited Feature Articles

Editors
D. Baird
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Email D. Baird
Estuarine and coastal ecosystem theory, dynamics and modelling; Ecological Network Analysis; Nutrient dynamics and cycling in estuarine and marine ecosystems; Water quality assessments; Coastal fisheries
D.J. Burdige
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Email D.J. Burdigea
Chemical oceanography; Biogeochemistry of marine and estuarine sediments, including sediment contaminants; Global change
M. Elliott
University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom
Email M. Elliott
Life Sciences (ecology, biology, ecosystems); Biota-Chemistry links; Human impacts; Ecosystem Management; Natural science - social science links
T. Jennerjahn
Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, Bremen, Germany
Email T. Jennerjahn
Biogeochemical cycling in rivers/estuaries; Mangroves; Seagrasses and coastal seas; Organic matter diagenesis; Tropical coastal ecosystems; Eutrophication; Paleoreconstruction; Nutrient cycling; Carbon cycling
S. Mitchell
University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Email S. Mitchell
estuarine sediment transport; Dynamics of turbidity maxima in estuaries; Civil engineering hydraulics; Coastal morphodynamics
Honorary Editor
E. Wolanski
James Cook University
Associate Editors
R. Asmus
Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
Coastal ecology; Food web analysis; Primary production of seagrasses; Microphytobenthos and phytoplankton; Nutrient dynamics; Benthic - pelagic coupling
M.M. Baskaran
Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States
U-Th series radionuclides as tracer in aqueous system; scavenging of particle-reactive radionuclides and species in marine environment; dating of marine sediments using short-lived radionuclides (Pb-210, Cs-137, Pu); sediment focusing/erosion using radionuclides; Atmospheric studies using progeny of radon
A. Borges
University of Liege, Liege, Belgium
carbon and carbonate cycling across aquatic systems including freshwater ecosystems (lakes and rivers), coastal ecosystems (estuaries, seagrass beds, mangroves and continental margins), and open ocean with particular emphasis on the exchange of CO2 with the atmosphere and on the coupling between inorganic carbon dynamics and biological processes
J. Bowen
Northeastern University Marine Science Center, Nahant, Massachusetts, United States
Estuarine microbial ecology; estuarine nitrogen cycling; salt marsh ecology
D. Bowers
Bangor University School of Ocean Sciences, Menai Bridge, United Kingdom
Marine optics; Remote sensing of suspended sediments and CDOM; Physical oceanography of estuaries and shelf seas; Suspended sediments and marine turbulence
L. Chicharo
University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal
Estuarine fisheries; Food web; Salt marsh; Integrated river basin management; Ecohydrology
F. De Serio
Polytechnic of Bari, Bari, Italy
Hydrodynamics of coastal areas; Breaking turbulence and sediment transport; Data analysis and numerical models in lagoons and estuaries; Turbulence transport and dispersion in vegetated channels
Q. Fang
Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
Strategic environmental assessment; Regional environmental planning; Marine environmental policy
R. Feagin
Texas A&M University College Station, College Station, Texas, United States
Spatial analysis of the erosion in wetlands; Dunes; Beaches (This includes the use of GIS)
A. Franco
University of Hull
Fish ecology; Community structure and functioning; Estuaries, lagoons and coastal waters; Numerical/quantitative ecology and statistics
J French
University College London, London, United Kingdom
C.K. Harris
William & Mary Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, Virginia, United States
Sediment transport; Numerical models; Estuaries; Continental shelves
L. Harris
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, Maryland, United States
systems ecology; estuarine biogeochemistry, ecological modeling (ecosystem, biological-physical models, individual-based models); primary producers from phytoplankton to macrophytes; lagoon ecology; mass balance nutrient budgets; time series analysis
S. von der Heyden
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Marine; Genetics; Genomics; Conservation; Estuaries; Fisheries; Environmental DNA; Biodiversity
W. Huang
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States
Coastal hazards; Coastal hydrodynamics and ecosystems; Computational fluid dynamics and turbulence modeling
E. Jackson
Central Queensland University Science Environment and Agriculture, Gladstone, Australia
seagrass ecosystems, marine landscape and spatial ecology, marine plant sediment interactions, marine protected area networks, coastal ecology, estuaries
L. Karczmarski
University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam
Marine megafauna - Behaviour and behavioural ecology; Marine mammals - Cetaceans, Socio-spatial ecology, Population processes and demography, Range use and habitat selection, Conservation ecology.
J. Lambrechts
Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Estuarine and shelf oceanographic modelling; Cohesive fine sediment modelling; Modeling the dispersion of waterborne particles with/without a special behavior (e.g. swimming for fish larvae and turtle hatchlings, additional wind drift for floating debris)
A. Manning
HR Wallingford Ltd, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Cohesive sediment transport; Flocculation process; Mixed sediment dynamics; Nearshore physical oceanography
R.N. Mead
University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina, United States
P. Meire
University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium
Estuarine dynamics; Nutrient cycling; Restoration techniques; Birds; Ecosystem services; Dredging; Ecology
C. Osburn
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Dissolved and particulate organic matter; Photochemistry; Absorbance; Fluorescence; Stable isotopes; Biomarkers
J.L. Pinckney
University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States
Marine Ecology; Phytoplankton; Microphytobenthos; Ecosystem processes
A. Quiggs, Ph.D
Texas A&M University at Galveston Department of Marine Sciences, Galveston, Texas, United States
V. Quintino
University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
Benthic ecology (mainly Atlantic, intertidal sandy and rocky shores and subtidal estuarine and coastal shelf areas); Bioassement or biomonitoring (namely sediment ecotoxicology, including integrated approaches such as the sediment quality triad, biotic indicators and indices); Community level responses to natural and anthropogenic factors
I. Santos
Southern Cross University National Marine Science Centre, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Biogeochemistry; Coastal carbon cycle; Submarine groundwater discharge; Isotopic tracers; Land-ocean interactions.
A.M. Shiller
University of Southern Mississippi Marine Science, Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, United States
Trace element chemistry; Biogeochemical cycling; Methane; Carbon cycling
S.A. Skrabal
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Trace metal speciation and behavior; Sediment-water intereactions; Effects of sunlight on inorganic and organic components in sediments
I. Telesh
Zoological Institute RAS Laboratory of Freshwater and Experimental Hydrobiology, St. Peterburg, Russian Federation
Plankton ecology; Biodiversity; Biological invasions; Trophic interactions in plankton; Triggers and drivers of plankton dynamics; Environmental gradients; Response of aquatic biota to salinity stress
M.A. Teodósio
University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal
Planktonic ecology; Jellyfish blooms ecology; Fish larvae and recruitment; Estuarine and coastal trophic ecology; Ocean acidification; Indicators and ecophysiological indices
S. Vizzini
University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
C and N stable isotopes; Food webs; Seagrasses; Blue carbon; Contaminant trophic transfer; Aquaculture; Ocean acidification
X.H. Wang
University of New South Wales Sino Australian Research Centre for Coastal Management, Canberra, New South Wales, Australia
Coastal oceanography; Numerical modelling; Sediment transport dynamics
A. Whitfield
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Grahamstown, South Africa
Biology and ecology of fishes in estuaries
J.G. Wilson
University of Dublin Trinity College Department of Zoology, Dublin, Ireland
Bioindicators and coastal management; Aquatic systems analysis; Estuarine pollution; heavy metals and nutrients; Biota/sediment/water interactions; Ecophysiology and energetics
M. Xia
University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, Maryland, United States
River plume and estuary dynamics; Ecological, biogeochemistry and larval transport process; TMDL modeling; Nearshore wave-current dynamics and sediment transport process; River watershed modeling
K. Xu
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
Geological oceanography; Coastal morphodynamics; Observation and numerical modeling of sediment transport; Sediment dynamics of bottom boundary layer; Sedimentary geology; Coastal processes
A. Zaiko
Cawthron Institute, Nelson, New Zealand
Marine ecology and biosecurity; Ecology and impacts of; Invasive species; Ecosystem functioning; Environmental health assessment; Environmental DNA barcoding and biomonitoring; High throughput sequencing; Ecology of benthic communities; Ballast water and shipping introduction pathways
W. Zhang
East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
Heavy metal pollution; Sediment tracing using magnetic and geochemical methods; Coastal environmental changes
Editorial Board
M. Alber
The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States
Estuarine ecology; Salt marsh ecology; Coastal policy
W.R. Boynton
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, Maryland, United States
estuarine ecology, eutrophication/water quality; nutrient cycling; nutrient mass balances
O. Defeo
University of the Republic Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay
small-scale fisheries: assessment, management
M. Devlin
James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
eutrophication, water quality, phytoplankton, remote sensing, Great Barrier Reef, Water Framework Directive
Q. Dortch
Ecology and Oceanography of HABs, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
phytoplankton ecology, Harmful Algal Blooms, and eutrophication
J. Gomes Ferreira
New University of Lisbon Department of Engineering and Environmental Sciences, Caparica, Portugal
Ecological modelling of estuarine and coastal systems, particularly in the fields of aquaculture and eutrophication
R. Gowen
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Belfast, United Kingdom
Phytoplankton and zooplankton ecology;Marine eutrophication;Harmful algal blooms;Marine ecosystem structure and functioning
F.L. Hellweger
Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Surface water quality; Microbial ecology; Mathematical modeling
O. Iribarne
National University of Mar del Plata, Mar del Plata, Argentina
Estuarine and coastal ecology; Community ecology; Food webs; Coastal fisheries
E. Jaramillo
University of Southern Chile, Valdivia, Chile
D.S. McLusky
University of Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom
Definition of estuaries and transitional waters; Effects of salinity on estuarine invertebrates; Estuarine ecosystems, and the impact of pollution on them
A.J. Mehta
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States
coastal Hydraulics; cohesive sediment transport
G. Millward
University of Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom
Etuarine and marine biogeochemistry, specifically reaction kinetics in aquatic systems, involving particle-water interactions; Behaviour and transport of radionuclides in estuaries.
G. M. E. Perillo
Argentine Institute of Oceanography, Bahia Blanca, Argentina
Geomorphology and Dynamics of Estuaries and Coastal Wetlands - Dynamics of sediment transport - Physical-Biological interactions
D. Prandle
Observational, modelling and theoretical studies of: Tide and storm surge propagation; Tidal energy extraction; Circulation and mixing; Temperatures; Sedimentation and water quality in shelf seas and their coastal margins
J. Romero Martinengo
University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Seagrass biology and ecology; Benthic community ecology

Y. Saito
Shimane University, Matsue, Japan
Delta, Coast, Sedimentation, Asia