ECSA 54 Coastal systems under change: tuning assessments and management tools

To explore the topic of environmental change in coastal systems aiming at advancing assessment and management tools, ECSA 54 addressed the following topics:

Themes:

1. Hydrodynamic and geomorphological shifts in coastal systems
2. Geochemical processes in changing environments
3. Shifts in biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
4. From genes to ecosystems: effects of global change
5. Connectivity and its implications towards conservation and management
6. Improving management and decision processes: advances in understanding and predictive tools

Convenor: Henrique Cabral, Centro de Oceanografia, Portugal ecsa54 [at] fc [dot] ul [dot] pt;http://ecsa54.fc.ul.pt/index.html