Welcome to ECSA’s next major symposium, ECSA 58 - EMECS 13: Estuaries and coastal seas in the Anthropocene – Structure, functions, services and management, which will take place from the 6-10 September 2021 in Hull, UK.

Proposed Conference Topics:

We invite contributions within the following broad topics, covering the diversity of threats and opportunities facing estuarine, coastal and marine ecosystems and the people they support.

Physical, chemical and ecological structure and functioning
Hydrodynamics and hydrology, including modelling
Adequacy of modelling and prediction of change
Endogenic Managed Pressures and Exogenic Unmanaged Pressures
Interference with connectivity across and between systems
Repercussions of the loss of resources (space, energy, water, etc.)
Loss and gain of habitats and ecosystems
Recovery, restoration and creation of habitats and populations
Recovering and increasing resilience to future changes
Urbanisation and industrialisation of estuaries and semi-enclosed seas
Ecosystem Services and Societal Goods & Benefits
Blue Growth and Green Growth – maximising benefits and minimising impacts
Governance and adaptive management – from the local to the global
Holistic approach to successful and sustainable management
Coping with moving baselines
Science-Policy communication