Generally, marine dynamic processes structure marine biogeochemical cycles and ecology. The South China Sea (SCS), the largest semi-enclosed tropical sea of the Pacific, has a variety of dynamic processes, which have been influenced by global change and increasing human activities. The dynamic processes, the biogeochemistry and the ecology of the SCS are controlled by an interplay of complex processes, many of which are not well understood. For an improved understanding under the pressure of the global change, it is therefore mandatory to intensify inter-and multidisciplinary research efforts on physical, biological, biogeochemical and sedimentological aspects, as well as on air-sea interaction, water-sediment interaction and multi-scale dynamic processes in the SCS.
Marine dynamic processes are closely related to the biogeochemical and ecological characteristics of the ocean. Observation, experimentation, and modeling approaches are required for the whole study to clarify how marine dynamics impact marine ecosystems by the changing chemical and ecological processes that structure marine ecosystems in SCS. Therefore, this Special Issue aims to promote a discussion on using different approaches to clarify how multi-scale physical dynamics impact the characteristics of biogeochemistry and ecology in the SCS under the background of global change.
The focus of this Research Topic is on studies that explore how marine biogeochemistry and ecology respond to dynamic processes. It calls for original and novel papers related to dynamic processes and their ecological and environmental effects in the South China Sea (High-quality articles from other marginal seas are also welcome to be submitted) under the influence of global change in any of the following research topics:
1. The multi-scale physical dynamics and its impact on biogeochemistry and biology in the SCS;
2. The response of biogeochemical cycles and biology to increasing human activities;
3. The air-sea interaction of gases, nutrients and trace metals in the SCS;
4. The sedimentary process and its paleoenvironmental implications in the SCS.
Generally, marine dynamic processes structure marine biogeochemical cycles and ecology. The South China Sea (SCS), the largest semi-enclosed tropical sea of the Pacific, has a variety of dynamic processes, which have been influenced by global change and increasing human activities. The dynamic processes, the biogeochemistry and the ecology of the SCS are controlled by an interplay of complex processes, many of which are not well understood. For an improved understanding under the pressure of the global change, it is therefore mandatory to intensify inter-and multidisciplinary research efforts on physical, biological, biogeochemical and sedimentological aspects, as well as on air-sea interaction, water-sediment interaction and multi-scale dynamic processes in the SCS.
Marine dynamic processes are closely related to the biogeochemical and ecological characteristics of the ocean. Observation, experimentation, and modeling approaches are required for the whole study to clarify how marine dynamics impact marine ecosystems by the changing chemical and ecological processes that structure marine ecosystems in SCS. Therefore, this Special Issue aims to promote a discussion on using different approaches to clarify how multi-scale physical dynamics impact the characteristics of biogeochemistry and ecology in the SCS under the background of global change.
The focus of this Research Topic is on studies that explore how marine biogeochemistry and ecology respond to dynamic processes. It calls for original and novel papers related to dynamic processes and their ecological and environmental effects in the South China Sea (High-quality articles from other marginal seas are also welcome to be submitted) under the influence of global change in any of the following research topics:
1. The multi-scale physical dynamics and its impact on biogeochemistry and biology in the SCS;
2. The response of biogeochemical cycles and biology to increasing human activities;
3. The air-sea interaction of gases, nutrients and trace metals in the SCS;
4. The sedimentary process and its paleoenvironmental implications in the SCS.