Land–Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone: Past, present &amp; future

Ramachandran, Ramesh; Chen, Zuoqi; Cummins, Valerie; Day, John W.; D’Elia, Christopher F.; Dennison, Bill; Forbes, Donald L.; Glaeser, Bernhard; Glaser, Marion; Glavovic, Bruce; Kremer, Hartwig; Lange, Marcus; Larsen, Joan Nymand; Tissier, Martin Le; Newton, Alice; Pelling, Mark; Wolanski, Eric

doi:10.1016/j.ancene.2016.01.005

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“…Coccolithophores inhabit both open oceans and coastal regions. In the latter they are exposed to wider ranges of environmental factors (Raven and Crawfurd 2012), like temperature, salinity, and pH. And, scenarios of global climate change predict increase in the nutrient input in coastal areas, which could foster greater productivity of coastal ecosystems (Seitzinger and Kroeze 1998;Bakun et al 2010;Garc ıa-Reyes et al 2015).…”

Section: Coccolithophores In Coastal Zonesmentioning

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Coastal zones as important habitats of coccolithophores: A study of species diversity, succession, and life‐cycle phases

Godrijan

Young

Pfannkuchen

et al. 2018

Limnology & Oceanography

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Coccolithophores are unicellular calcifying eukaryotes with a complex life‐cycle; they are important primary producers, and major drivers of global biogeochemical cycles. The majority of research on coccolithophores has been focused on open ocean waters, while the knowledge of their roles in coastal ecosystems is limited. Early 20th century studies of the Adriatic coast produced major taxonomic papers describing half of the projected diversity of coccolithophores. Afterwards, there have been only scarce records of their diversity and ecology in the Adriatic, and coastal systems in general. We aimed to assess coccolithophore diversity and species succession, and closely examine their ecological preferences in the coastal area of the northern Adriatic. We recorded coccolithophores throughout the year at 100% frequency, documented 52 taxa, abundances as high as 2.4 × 105 cells L−1, and noted the winter domination over the phytoplankton community. Out of 52 observed coccolithophore taxa, 31 were heterococcolithophorids and 21 holococcolithophorids. Moreover, seven pairs of heterococcolith and holococcolith phases were noted, and two strategies of temporal separation of life‐cycle phases were observed. We report ecological preferences of those life‐cycle pairs and give in situ evidence that holo‐ and heterococcolith phases are widening the specie's ecological niches. This expansion allows the species to exploit a wider range of ecological conditions and enables phenotypic plasticity, important in response to changes in the environment. With this study we emphasize that coastal areas are highly productive for coccolithophore studies. Our results indicate that a shift in research effort on coccolithophores in the coastal waters is needed.

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Section: Coccolithophores In Coastal Zonesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Coastal zones as important habitats of coccolithophores: A study of species diversity, succession, and life‐cycle phases

Godrijan

Young

Pfannkuchen

et al. 2018

Limnology & Oceanography

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“…Common pressures include changes to land use and hydrology, land reclamation, coastal sand mining, harbour dredging, pollution and eutrophication, overexploitation such as overfishing, all in the context of climate change. During the 20th Century, coastal scientists studied the problems and issues arising along the coasts (Ramesh et al, 2015). Now, in the 21st Century, their focus must increasingly be about how to solve these problems and issues through better management and innovative approaches.…”

Section: Sustainability Of Future Coasts and Estuaries: A Synthesismentioning

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Sustainability of future coasts and estuaries: A synthesis

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You

et al. 2016

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

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“…Since "coasts are the nexus of the Anthropocene" [344], reviews [125,158,345] or special issues (e.g., [344,346,347]) are now frequently edited on their monitoring, processes, dynamics and vulnerability.…”

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Why and How Do We Study Sediment Transport? Focus on Coastal Zones and Ongoing Methods

Ouillon

2018

Water

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Scientific research on sediment dynamics in the coastal zone and along the littoral zone has evolved considerably over the last four decades. It benefits from a technological revolution that provides the community with cheaper or free tools for in situ study (e.g., sensors, gliders), remote sensing (satellite data, video cameras, drones) or modelling (open source models). These changes favour the transfer of developed methods to monitoring and management services. On the other hand, scientific research is increasingly targeted by public authorities towards finalized studies in relation to societal issues. Shoreline vulnerability is an object of concern that grows after each marine submersion or intense erosion event. Thus, during the last four decades, the production of knowledge on coastal sediment dynamics has evolved considerably, and is in tune with the needs of society. This editorial aims at synthesizing the current revolution in the scientific research related to coastal and littoral hydrosedimentary dynamics, putting into perspective connections between coasts and other geomorphological entities concerned by sediment transport, showing the links between many fragmented approaches of the topic, and introducing the papers published in the special issue of Water on "Sediment transport in coastal waters".

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Land–Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone: Past, present & future

Cited by 154 publications

References 36 publications

Coastal zones as important habitats of coccolithophores: A study of species diversity, succession, and life‐cycle phases

Coastal zones as important habitats of coccolithophores: A study of species diversity, succession, and life‐cycle phases

Sustainability of future coasts and estuaries: A synthesis

Why and How Do We Study Sediment Transport? Focus on Coastal Zones and Ongoing Methods

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