Challenges in Estuarine and Coastal Science

John Humphreys is a professor of marine biology and former Pro Vice-chancellor at the University of Greenwich, London, for whom his work in Africa won a Queen’s Award for Higher Education. He has served as Chair of the Southern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority and as a non-executive Director of a commercial port and harbour authority. He is currently President-elect of the Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology. His books include Marine Protected Areas: Science, Policy and Management (2020). Sally Little is ECSA President and a Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University. Her research focuses on assessing the impact of environmental, climatic and other anthropogenic pressures on the structural and functional ecology of estuarine ecosystems, with a particular focus on upper estuarine tidal freshwater zones.

Preface

John Humphreys and Sally Little



Prologue

Richard S.K. Barnes



Foreword: The Origins and History of the Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association

Martin Wilkinson and Donald McLusky



1. Morphodynamics of Tropical Atlantic River Mouths and their Adjacent Shorelines

Helene Burningham, Silvia Palotti Polizel and Awa Bousso Dramé



2. Coastal Erosion and Management Challenges in the United Kingdom

Kenneth Pye and Simon J. Blott



3. Challenges of Sea-level Rise on Estuarine Tidal Dynamics

Danial Khojasteh, Jamie Ruprecht, Katrina Waddington, Hamed Moftakhari, Amir AghaKouchak and William Glamore



4. Estimating the Residence Time in Estuaries: Methods and Application

Paula Birocchi, Juliana Correa Neiva Ferreira and Marcelo Dottori



5. Coastal and Estuarine Physical Processes: Looking Back, Looking Forwards

Steven B. Mitchell and Reginald J. Uncles



6. Marine Plastics: Emerging Challenges and Priorities for Estuaries and Coasts

Anthony W. Gallagher, Malcolm D. Hudson, Oliver T. Brooks and Jessica L. Stead



7. Estuarine Tidal Freshwater Zones in a Changing Climate: Meeting the Challenge of Saline Incursion and Estuarine Squeeze

Sally Little, Jonathan P. Lewis, Helen Pietkiewicz and Krysia Mazik



8. Defining Habitat Losses due to Coastal Squeeze

Nigel Pontee, James A. Tempest, Kenneth Pye and Simon J. Blott



9. Carbon Storage in UK Intertidal Environments

William E.N. Austin, Craig Smeaton, Paulina Ruranska, David M. Paterson, Martin W. Skov, Cai J.T. Ladd, Lucy McMahon, Glenn M. Havelock, Roland Gehrels, Rob Mills, Natasha L.M. Barlow, Annette Burden, Laurence Jones and Angus Garbutt



10. Created Coastal Wetlands as Carbon Stores: Potential Challenges and Opportunities

Hannah L. Mossman, Martin J.P. Sullivan, Rachel M. Dunk, Stuart Rae, Robert Sparkes, James Tempest and Nigel Pontee



11. Coastal Habitat Restoration, Invasive Species and Remote Monitoring Solutions

Sophie Walker, Nathan Waltham, Christina Buelow and Jordan Iles



12. Multi-decadal Responses of Coastal Ecosystems to Climate Change, Pollution and Non-indigenous Species in the Western and Mid-English Channel

Roger J.H. Herbert, Guillaume Corbeau, Laurent Godet, Nicolas Desroy, Nova Mieszkowska, Louise B. Firth, Alice E. Hall and Stephen J. Hawkins



13. Predicting the Effect of Environmental Change on Non-breeding Shorebirds with Individual-based Modelling

John D. Goss-Custard and Richard A. Stillman



14. The Role of Estuaries and Coastal Areas as Nurseries for Fish: Concepts, Methodological Challenges and Future Perspectives

Henrique Cabral



15. Marine Conservation: Smoke and Mirrors in the Coastal Zone

John Humphreys



16. Lessons from the Past Half-Century: Challenges, Opportunities and Priorities for Future Estuarine, Coastal and Marine Management

Michael Elliott and Alan Whitfield



Conclusions

Trajectories and Challenges in Estuarine and Coastal Science

John Humphreys and Sally Little



Index