ECSA 58 - EMECS 13
Estuaries and coastal seas in the Anthropocene
Structure, functions, services and management
6-9 September 2021 | Online Live and On-demand
We are excited to announce that the ECSA 58 - EMECS 13: Estuaries and coastal seas in the Anthropocene – Structure, functions, services and management conference will be held online from 6-9 September 2021 and will be available afterwards on-demand.
This stimulating online event will bring together a specially selected line-up of expert speakers, contributed talks and ePosters outlining the latest innovative research and management practices and addressing key topics from our cancelled in-person meeting.
Register now to participate in an interactive conference experience direct from your desktop or mobile device: live-stream presentations and take part in discussion through live chat and Q&A.
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Deepen your knowledge: Live-stream a personalised schedule from the entire programme to match your research interests

Engage with our inspirational speakers and other attendees during the live-streamed sessions: Ask questions and participate in live chat and polls.

Review the latest research in the ePoster hall and discuss directly with the author in the live poster sessions.
Plus:
- Network with your peers, meet new contacts and renew relationships: Connect with other attendees during the live event to chat and arrange one-to-one meetings.
- Connect with a wider, more-inclusive audience: our lower fees, online delivery and post-event on-demand access will make the event more accessible to all.
- Visit the live exhibition booths to meet industry partners, chat with exhibitors and learn more about their products.
- Enjoy more flexibility with on-demand access to recorded sessions for 12 months after the event*. Watch one stream live and catch-up on what you missed after the event.
* On-demand access includes recordings of talks and slides, poster pitches and posters from authors that have agreed for post event distribution: the organisers cannot guarantee on-demand access to all presentations.
Proposed Conference Topics:
Abstracts are now invited on the following topics. They should be submitted using the online abstract submission system.
Abstract Submission Deadline: 9 April 2021.
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
Special Sessions:
Anthropogenic pressure
- 0006 Contaminated estuaries and coastal seas
- 0021 Human forcing and constraints in the coast-estuarine system
- 0027 Double whammy: impact of pollution and climate change on urbanised estuaries
- 0048 Structure and function of artificially created semi-enclosed coastal ecosystems
- 0052 The Wadden Sea ecosystem: Human impacts, management concepts and challenges for the future
- 0055 Sediment management in estuaries – from minimizing ecological impacts to possible win-win situations
Biodiversity and biological conservation
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Coastal Conservation
Coastal development and engineering
Coastal marine habitats
Ecosystem creation and restoration
- 0035 EMECS Special Session "ICM and Satoumi"
- 0049 Integrated estuarine restoration planning: from local case studies to global sustainable management.
Ecosystem health
Fragile ecosystems and hotspot management
- 0033 Science and management of the marine environment around coastal islands and archipelagos
- 0043 Mangrove Ecosystem, Bio resources and Sustainable Development
Innovative technology for ecological sustainability
Integrating socio-economics and ecology
Other
- 0007 Contribution of Universities to Sustainable Development Goal Life Below Water
- 0018 Appropriate solutions to face ocean problems, in support to a better marine management
- 0023 Operationalising a systems approach to manage estuaries and coastal areas
- 0025 Shifts in coastal wetland ecosystem functioning: evidences from historical and palaeoclimatic records
- 0036 Biophysics
- 0040 From the River Source to the Sea: River-Sea Systems under Global Change
- 0059 Plastics in the sea
- 0060 Estuaries under climate change
- 0062 Integrating in-situ data, models and Earth Observation towards coastal sustainable management
Rivers, catchments and wetlands
Sustainability and resilience
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Luciana S. Esteves, Bournemouth University, UK
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Valerie Cummins, University College Cork, Ireland
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Anita Franco, Independent Ecological Consultant, UK
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Dan Friess, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, National University of Singapore
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Yimnang Golbuu, Palau International Coral Reef Center, Palau
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Mitsuyo Saito, Okayama University, Japan
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Ursula Scharler, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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Jodie Schlaefer, James Cook University (JCU), Australia
Hendrik Schubert, University of Rostock, Germany
- Mike Elliott, University of Hull, and International Estuarine & Coastal Specialists Ltd
- Tim Jennerjahn, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, Bremen, Germany
Masataka Watanabe, Chuo University, Japan
- Bryony Caswell, University of Hull, UK
- Luciana S. Esteves, Bournemouth University, UK
- Anita Franco, Independent Ecological Consultant, UK
- Ursula Scharler, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Lysann Schneider, University of Bern, Switzerland
- Eric Wolanski, James Cook University, Australia