Continental Shelf Research publishes articles dealing with the biological, chemical, geological and physical oceanography of the shallow marine environment, from coastal and estuarine waters out to the shelf break. The continental shelf is a critical environment within the land-ocean continuum, and many processes, functions and problems in the continental shelf are driven by terrestrial inputs transported through the rivers and estuaries to the coastal and continental shelf areas. Manuscripts that deal with these topics must make a clear link to the continental shelf. Examples of research areas include:
Physical sedimentology and geomorphology
Geochemistry of the coastal ocean (inorganic and organic)
Marine environment and anthropogenic effects
Interaction of physical dynamics with natural and manmade shoreline features
Benthic, phytoplankton and zooplankton ecology
Coastal water and sediment quality, and ecosystem health
Benthic-pelagic coupling (physical and biogeochemical)
Interactions between physical dynamics (waves, currents, mixing, etc.) and biogeochemical cycles
Estuarine, coastal and shelf sea modelling and process studies


Emphasis is placed on interdisciplinary process-oriented contributions, and encouragement is given to the publication of the results of innovative experimental studies with the potential for upscaling and a broad contribution. Regional descriptions and data summaries are discouraged.

Continental Shelf Research publishes research papers, occasional review articles and short communications and technical notes (instruments and methods).

Continental Shelf Research also publishes Special Issues dedicated to results of large interdisciplinary studies or topical issues on specific subjects. Contact one of our Editors for more information on Special Issue proposals.

Note to Authors: When considering submission of a manuscript to CSR, bear in mind that recent analyses show that published papers are downloaded by scientists from over 90 countries world-wide. This level of usage emphasizes the need for authors to present their research results in a broad context, to be of interest to this international community. Likewise, when suggesting the four reviewers for a manuscript, an international perspective of individual scientists (not necessarily affiliated with CSR) should be considered.

Editors
Andrea S. Ogston
Andrea S. Ogston
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States Email Andrea S. OgstonEXPERTISE:
Sediment dynamicsGeological and physical coastal oceanographyShelf and coastal geomorphologyInstrument development
Gary Fones
Gary Fones
University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom Email Gary Fones EXPERTISE:
Marine and aquatic chemistryWater quality monitoringAquatic pollution and water qualityEstuaries, coastal and shelf-seasTrace metals, nutrients and eutrophicationSediment biogeochemistry and sediment resuspensionPolar organic compounds and emerging contaminantsPassive samplers and in-situ sensors
Associate Editors
A. Borja
A. Borja
AZTI-Tecnalia, Pasaia, Spain EXPERTISE:
Marine and estuarine monitoring, marine pollution and water qualityEnvironmental impacts in the seaMarine and benthic ecologyMeteorological and biological time seriesMarine resources exploitation and managementBiological oceanographyDevelopment of indicators for European Directives and marine protection
C.-T.A. Chen
C.-T.A. Chen
National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan EXPERTISE:
Marine chemistry, carbon and associated elements in the oceanInteraction between rivers and marginal seasGeographical region; global seas, esp. Asia
K-P. Chiang
K-P. Chiang
National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan Expertise:
Marine Microbial ecologyPhytoplankton ecologyBiological oceanographyMicrobial food web
S. Gao
S. Gao
Nanjing University, Nanjing, China Marine sediment dynamics, Coastal and estuarine processes, Shelf bedforms, tidal inlets, and tidal-flat geomorphology, Land-ocean interaction, Holocene shelf sedimentary systems, Anthropogenic processes in shelf regions
M. Hale
M. Hale
University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom EXPERTISE:
Marine biogeochemistryBiological oceanographyMarine microbiologyMicrobial foodwebsPhytoplankton dynamicsPrimary productivityMicrozooplankton
S. Leterme
Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia EXPERTISE:
Biological oceanographyPlankton ecologyMarine microbiologyPlankton community compositionMarine molecular biology
A. Lichtschlag
A. Lichtschlag
National Oceanography Centre, Southampton EXPERTISE:
Geochemistry of marine sediment and porewatersSediment-water exchange processes and benthic fluxesElement cycling of carbon, metals and nutrientsEarly diagenetic processes
T. Matsuno
Kyushu University Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kasuga, Japan
J. Mullarney
University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand EXPERTISE:
Physical coastal oceanographyBiophysical interactionsFlows through vegetationSediment transport and morphodynamicsBuoyancy-driven flows
C.B. Pattiaratchi
C.B. Pattiaratchi
University of Western Australia, School of Environmental Systems Engineering, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia EXPERTISE:
Coastal physical oceanography (observations and modeling)Continental shelf processesCoastal, nearshore, and estuarine hydrodynamicsWater level variabilityCoastal sediment transport and morphodynamics (observations and modeling)
A. Sánchez-Arcilla
Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain EXPERTISE:
Coastal hydrodynamics (waves and currents)Coastal morphodynamics (storm to decadal)Coastal waters and sediment qualityInteraction of physical oceanographic processes with coastal/harbor interventions
H. Schuttelaars
TU Delft, Delft, Netherlands EXPERTISE:
Estuarine and coastal (physical) processes, both modelling and observationsSediment transport and morphodynamic modellingModel development
E. Stanev
Helmholtz Centre Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research, Geesthacht, Germany EXPERTISE:
Physical oceanographyNumerical modelling of regional seas and coastal oceanCoastal sediment transport (observations and modeling)
S. Ussher
S. Ussher
University of Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom EXPERTISE:
Marine chemistrySediment chemistryTrace metalsNutrients
A. Valle-Levinson
A. Valle-Levinson
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States EXPERTISE:
Physical oceanographyEstuarine and coastal hydrodynamics
G. Voulgaris
University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States EXPERTISE:
Physical oceanographyCoastal engineeringCoastal processes and sediment transportInstrumentation and methods
G.P. Yang
G.P. Yang
Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China EXPERTISE:
Biogeochemical processes, especially trace gasesChemical processes of various dissolved and particulate organic substancesPhysical chemistry processes, especially sediment-water interfaceSea-to-air flux
Editorial Advisory Board
R. Benner
Columbia, South Carolina, United States
S. Blomqvist
Stockholm, Sweden
P. Ciavola
Ferrara, Italy
R. Deigaard
Hørsholm, Denmark
K. Emeis
Hamburg, Germany
A. Falques
Barcelona, Spain
C.T. Friedrichs
Gloucester Point, Virginia, United States
C. Garcia-Soto
Santander, Spain
C.K. Harris
Gloucester Point, Virginia, United States
T.H.C. Herbers
Monterey, California, United States
P.S. Hill
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
J.M. Huthnance
Liverpool, United Kingdom
S. Menden-Deuer
Narragansett, Rhode Island, United States
P.I. Mitchell
Dublin, Ireland
C.A. Nittrouer
Seattle, Washington, United States
S.E. Poulos
Athina, Greece
J. Saenz
Leioa, Spain
O. Schofield
New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
K. Schwarzer
Kiel, Germany