Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science

Professor Eric Wolanski is an estuarine oceanographer at James Cook University and the Australian Institute of Marine Science. His research interests range from the oceanography of coral reefs, mangroves, and muddy estuaries, to the interaction between physical and biological processes determining ecosystem health in tropical waters. He has published 396 publications and reports. Eric is a fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, the Institution of Engineers Australia (ret.), and l’Académie Royale des Sciences d’Outre-Mer. He was awarded an Australian Centenary medal, a Doctorate Honoris Causa by the Catholic University of Louvain, a second Doctorate Honoris Causa by the University Hull, and a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Estuarine & Coastal Sciences Association. Eric is a member of the Scientific and Policy Committee of the Japan-based International Center for Environmental Management of Enclosed Coastal Seas.

Classification of estuarine and nearshore coastal ecosystems

Water and fine sediment circulation

Estuarine and coastal geology and geomorphology

Geochemistry of estuaries and coasts

Biogeochemistry

Trophic relationships of coastal and estuarine ecosystems

Ecosystem processes in estuaries and coasts

Human-induced problems (uses and abuses)

Estuarine and coastal ecosystem modelling

Ecohydrology and restoration

Management of estuaries and coasts

Ecological economics of estuaries and coasts