Date
05/09/2022 08/09/2022
ECSA 59 will bring together a global multi-disciplinary community of researchers, educators, and practitioners to address issues of outstanding importance in the science (both natural and social) and management of estuaries and coastal seas in this rapidly changing world.
Estuaries and coastal seas are facing multiple pressures coming from human activities, which result in habitats and biodiversity loss, the introduction of invasive species, the input of different types of pollutants (i.e., organic compounds, pharmaceuticals, microplastics, noise, light, etc.), overexploitation of resources and impairment of the marine health status. This in turn compromises the capacity of delivering ecosystem services and human benefits.
On top of these effects, global change is dramatically modifying the structure and functioning of marine systems. To reverse this situation, implementation of management measures, rooted in the best scientific knowledge possible, are needed.
Identifying such measures requires long-term monitoring based on the ecosystem-based approach. This should be done through international collaboration (e.g., within the UN Decade of the Oceans, the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, etc.), with the participation of multidisciplinary teams, using novel monitoring, analysis and assessment tools, including multiple origin data sources, and going towards open science.
This can help to manage the activities that we are doing at estuaries and coastal seas, and consequently, contribute to achieving sustainable seas and marine resources.
Proposed Conference Topics
- Changing physical settings and processes
- Biogeochemical processes and fluxes at the land-sea interface
- Shifting ecosystem structures and functions
- The human dimension: impact, management, governance
Important Dates
Submit your proposal for a special session deadline: 11th December 2021
Abstract submission deadline: 1 April 2022
The abstract submission system will open on 10 January 2022.
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Location
ECSA 59
