Climate Change and Estuaries: (CRC Marine Science)

Climate change is having an increasing impact on coastal, estuarine, and marine environments worldwide. This book provides state-of-the-art coverage of climate change effects on estuarine ecosystems from local, regional, and global perspectives. With editors among the most noted international scholars in coastal ecology and estuarine science and contributors who are world-class in their fields, the chapters in this volume consist of comprehensive studies in coastal, estuarine and marine sciences, climate change, and coastal management and provide an extensive international collection of data in tabular, illustrated, and narrative formats useful for coastal scientists, planners, and managers. Comprised of three sections: (1) physical-chemical aspects; (2) biological aspects; and (3) management aspects, the book not only examines climatic and non-climatic drivers of change affecting coastal, estuarine, and marine environments but also their interactions and effects on populations of organisms, communities, habitats, and ecosystem structure and function. Pulling together today’s most salient issues and key literature advances for those concerned with coastal management, it allows the reader to see across direct and indirect interactions among disciplinary and ecosystem boundaries. Climate Change and Estuaries meets the research needs of climate scientists, estuarine and marine biologists, marine chemists, marine geologists, hydrologists, and coastal engineers, while students, professors, administrators, and other professionals will also find it an exhaustive reference.

Table of Contents:
Foreword. Preface. The Editors. Contributors. Section 1: Physical-Chemical Aspects. Chapter 1 Introduction to Climate Change and Estuaries. Chapter 2 Climate Change in the Earth System. Chapter 3 Estuaries: Origin, Historical Development, and Classifications. Chapter 4 Sea-level Rise and Estuaries. Chapter 5 Anthropogenic Drivers of Estuarine Change. Chapter 6 Climate Change and Saltwater Intrusion in Estuaries. Chapter 7 Biogeochemical Changes in Estuaries. Chapter 8 Hypoxia and Climate Change in Estuaries. Chapter 9 Estuarine Acidification Under a Changing Climate. Chapter 10 Global Change and Estuarine Carbon Dynamics. Chapter 11 Blue Carbon in a Changing Climate and a Changing Context. Chapter 12 Effects of a Changing Climate on the Physics of Estuaries. Chapter 13 Climatic Drivers of Estuarine Sediment Dynamics. Chapter 14 Climate Change Effects on Intertidal and Subtidal Environments: Impacts, Projections, and Management. Section 2: Biological Aspects. Chapter 15 Estuarine and Coastal Marine Organism Responses to Climate Change: An Introduction. Chapter 16 Microbial Ecology in a Changing Climate. Chapter 17 Climate Change, Phytoplankton, and HABs. Chapter 18 Responses of Marine Macroalgae to Climate Change Drivers. Chapter 19 Climate Change Effects on Salt Marshes. Chapter 20 Mangrove Forests and Climate Change: Impacts and Interactions. Chapter 21 Estuarine Seagrass and Climate Change. Chapter 22 Estuarine Benthos and Climate Change. Chapter 23 Estuarine Shellfish and Climate Change. Chapter 24 Climate Change Effects on Fish Populations. Chapter 25 Estuarine and Coastal Birds, Climate Change, and Sea Level Rise. Chapter 26 Climate Change and Invasive Species. Chapter 27 Animal Response to Hypoxia in Estuaries and Effects of Climate Change. Section 3: Management Aspects. Chapter 28 Perspectives on Managing Estuaries while Addressing the Climate Crisis. Chapter 29 Sea-level Rise Risk and Adaptation in Estuaries. Chapter 30 Managing for Resilience of Estuarine and Coastal Marine Environments to Climate Change. Chapter 31 Climate Change Adaptation of Engineering Infrastructure in Estuarine Environments. Chapter 32 Conserving and Managing Estuaries during Climate Change. Index.