Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science
- 2nd Edition - March 25, 2024
- Latest edition
- Editors: Daniel Baird, Michael Elliott
- Language: English
Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science, Seven Volume Set is the most up-to-date reference work for system based coastal and estuarine ecosystem science and management. It addres… Read more
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Description
Description
Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science, Seven Volume Set is the most up-to-date reference work for system based coastal and estuarine ecosystem science and management. It addresses the big issues facing the estuaries and coastal zone; in particular how to best use multi- and inter-disciplinary science to ensure the sustainability of the environment. It focusses on the need to protect and maintain the natural functioning of the estuaries and coasts worldwide while delivering the ecosystem services from which society extract goods and benefits.
Structured chapters, written by leaders in the field, include reference lists and additional reading, copious diagrams, case-studies, and especially provide synthesis diagrams and conceptual models of complex issues. The Treatise covers both the natural and social sciences, serving a wide audience which ranges from undergraduate students to established researchers and practitioners. The work avoids autecological studies but focusses on inter-linked physical-chemical-biological-ecosystem processes and associated socio-economic issues in the coastal zone. It examines estuaries and coasts, and their interactions and feedbacks with humanity, from the inland catchment/river basin to the ocean shelf.
The new edition builds on and expands the previous version with significant updates and a whole new section on Climate Change and Coastal Ecosystems, covering the resistance and resilience of the estuaries, coasts and other transitional habitats to climate change, thereby determining changes and responses needed over the coming decades.
Structured chapters, written by leaders in the field, include reference lists and additional reading, copious diagrams, case-studies, and especially provide synthesis diagrams and conceptual models of complex issues. The Treatise covers both the natural and social sciences, serving a wide audience which ranges from undergraduate students to established researchers and practitioners. The work avoids autecological studies but focusses on inter-linked physical-chemical-biological-ecosystem processes and associated socio-economic issues in the coastal zone. It examines estuaries and coasts, and their interactions and feedbacks with humanity, from the inland catchment/river basin to the ocean shelf.
The new edition builds on and expands the previous version with significant updates and a whole new section on Climate Change and Coastal Ecosystems, covering the resistance and resilience of the estuaries, coasts and other transitional habitats to climate change, thereby determining changes and responses needed over the coming decades.
Key features
Key features
- Comprehensive – a unique resource in the field, Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science covers system based coastal and estuarine science and management, linking physical, chemical and biological ecosystem processes with associated socio-economic issues.
- Highly regarded: the previous edition was very well received by the market and widely used, with over 50,000 chapter downloads.
- Updated and forward-looking: the new edition expands the previous version with significant updates and a whole new section on Climate Change and Coastal Ecosystems, covering the resistance and resilience of the estuaries, coasts and other transitional habitats and responses needed over the coming decades.
- Authoritative and accessible – 155 chapters, written by leaders in the field, provide synthesis and conceptual models of complex issues, ensuring that the knowledge within is easily understood by a large audience.
- Structured content - all chapters follow a common structure with set headings, making it easier for users to cross-compare and navigate the content.
Readership
Readership
Students and researchers in academic and research institutions serving the fields of earth, natural and social sciences: physical, chemical and biological oceanography, ecology, ecosystems modelling, environmental science and management, environmental economics. Environmental managers and policy makers interested in environmental, estuarine, wetland, coastal and marine areas worldwide.
Table of contents
Table of contents
1. Coastal Ecosystem Diversity (Classification of Estuarine and Near-shore Coastal Ecosystems).
Section Editors: Alan Whitfield and Michael Elliott
2. Physical Aspects (Water, Solute and Sediment Transport, Geology and Geomorphology).
Section Editors: Steve Mitchell, Reg Uncles and Jon French
3. Biogeochemical Cycling (Land-Ocean Interaction and Biogeochemical Cycling of Elements in Estuarine and Coastal Waters and Sediments).
Section Editor: Tim Jennerjahn
4. Structure and Function of Biological Communities and Coastal Ecosystems (Biological Communities and Trophic Relationships in Coastal Ecosystems; Functioning of Ecosystems at the Land-Ocean Interface; Aspects of Ecohydrology).
Section Editor: Daniel Baird
5. Modelling and Prediction (Estuarine and Coastal Ecosystem Modelling).
Section Editors: Ursula Scharler and Daniel Baird
6. Problems, Solutions and Restoration (Human-induced problems; Human Population in the Coastal Zone; Impacts and Restoration).
Section Editors: Michael Kennish and Michael Elliott
7. Management, Governance and Socio-economics (Values and Benefits of Estuaries and Coasts; Estuarine and Coastal Governance).
Section Editors: Bruce Glavovic and Nicola Beaumont
Section Editors: Alan Whitfield and Michael Elliott
2. Physical Aspects (Water, Solute and Sediment Transport, Geology and Geomorphology).
Section Editors: Steve Mitchell, Reg Uncles and Jon French
3. Biogeochemical Cycling (Land-Ocean Interaction and Biogeochemical Cycling of Elements in Estuarine and Coastal Waters and Sediments).
Section Editor: Tim Jennerjahn
4. Structure and Function of Biological Communities and Coastal Ecosystems (Biological Communities and Trophic Relationships in Coastal Ecosystems; Functioning of Ecosystems at the Land-Ocean Interface; Aspects of Ecohydrology).
Section Editor: Daniel Baird
5. Modelling and Prediction (Estuarine and Coastal Ecosystem Modelling).
Section Editors: Ursula Scharler and Daniel Baird
6. Problems, Solutions and Restoration (Human-induced problems; Human Population in the Coastal Zone; Impacts and Restoration).
Section Editors: Michael Kennish and Michael Elliott
7. Management, Governance and Socio-economics (Values and Benefits of Estuaries and Coasts; Estuarine and Coastal Governance).
Section Editors: Bruce Glavovic and Nicola Beaumont
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 2
- Latest edition
- Published: April 2, 2024
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
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Daniel Baird
Dan Baird is a Senior Professor and Research Fellow in the Department of Botany and Zoology at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. He obtained his PhD degree from the University of Stellenbosch in fisheries science, and has published more than 120 papers and numerous book chapters. He was co-editor and author for of volume on the “Estuaries of South Africa” (1999; Cambridge University Press), co-editor and author of “Estuarine and Coastal Ecosystems Modeling” in the 1st Edition of “Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science” (2011; Elsevier). He is currently Editor-in-Chief of the highly rated journal Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science (Elsevier) and the co-Editor-in-Chief of the 2nd Edition of Treatise on Coastal Science (2024; Elsevier). Professor Baird conducted research and published widely with international fellows from, amongst others, the University of Maryland, East Carolina University, University of North Carolina, the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany, the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, and Durham, UK. Professor Baird specializes in the fields of ecosystem theory, analysis and modeling, Ecological Network Analysis, marine & coastal zone ecology & management, fisheries science & fisheries management, water quality of and nutrient dynamics in coastal ecosystems.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Professor, Department of Botany and Zoology, University of Stellenbosch, South AfricaME
Michael Elliott
Professor Michael Elliott is the Director of the Institute of Estuarine & Coastal Studies (IECS) and Professor of Estuarine and Coastal Sciences at the University of Hull, U.K. He is a marine biologist with wide experience in teaching, research, advisory and consultancy work in estuarine and marine aspects of ecological components and communities, and the impacts of human activities, as well as policy, governance, and management of estuaries and coasts. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and of the Society of Biology. Mike has published widely, coauthoring/coediting 15 books and contributing to over 200 scientific publications. Mike has acted as an advisor on many marine and estuarine environmental matters for academia, industry, government, and statutory bodies in Europe and elsewhere. Mike is a past-president of the international Estuarine & Coastal Sciences Association (ECSA) and is also one of the four editors-in-chief of the international journal Estuarine, Coastal & Shelf Science and is on the editorial board of Marine Pollution Bulletin. He is the Sir Walter Murdoch Distinguished Adjunct Professor, Murdoch University, Australia, and also has adjunct professor and research positions at Klaipeda University (Lithuania), the University of Palermo (Italy), and the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Grahamstown. In 2014, he was appointed an independent non-executive member of the UK Marine Science Coordinating Committee and member of the Science Advisory Board of Marine Scotland. In 2014, Mike was awarded the Laureate of the Honorary Winberg Medal of the Russian Hydrobiological Academic Society.
Affiliations and expertise
Director, Institute of Estuarine and Coastal Studies (IECS) and Professor of Estuarine and Coastal Sciences, University of Hull, UKView book on ScienceDirect
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