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In the face of climate change, coastal zones are among the most sensitive habitats on Earth and must be monitored to assess their health, identify changes, and develop management plans. Ineffective coordination, standardization, and integration across disciplines and stakeholders hinder coastal oceanographic monitoring activities. This study proposes systematic coastal monitoring program planning, coordination, and implementation to solve these problems. The proposed framework encompasses site selection using geospatial analysis and stakeholder input, identification of critical parameters based on environmental characteristics and management objectives, standardized protocols for data collection across physical (e.g. tides, currents, bathymetry, waves), chemical (e.g. water quality, nutrients), biological (e.g. plankton, habitat maps), and socio-economic parameters, and quality assurance measures. It leverages advanced technologies such as tide gauges, current profilers, autonomous underwater vehicles, high-frequency radars, drifters, remote sensing for bathymetry/topography, water quality sensors, sediment traps/samplers, and meteorological stations for efficient data acquisition and integration across surface, subsurface, surf zone, air-sea interface from multiple sources. Data management and statistical and predictive models help discover patterns, threats, and decision-making scenarios. Open data and stakeholder involvement promote information sharing and evidence-based policy-making. This framework addresses critical needs for a holistic understanding of complex coastal processes, climate change impact, early warnings, and science-based coastal management. Overcoming challenges related to capacity building, data accessibility, and governance requires sustained multidisciplinary collaboration among researchers, resource managers, policymakers, and coastal communities. Widespread adoption of this framework can significantly improve coastal stewardship in changing climate and promote sustainable blue economies worldwide.

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Comprehensive Framework for Monitoring of Seas and Coastal Ecosystems Under Changing Environments

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    2026年

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  • Uma Sankar Panda,
  • Umakanta Pradhan,
  • Subrat Naik,
  • D. Kumaresan,
  • Subhasis Pradhan,
  • Rabindra Kumar Sahoo,
  • M. V. Ramanamurthy

摘要

In the face of climate change, coastal zones are among the most sensitive habitats on Earth and must be monitored to assess their health, identify changes, and develop management plans. Ineffective coordination, standardization, and integration across disciplines and stakeholders hinder coastal oceanographic monitoring activities. This study proposes systematic coastal monitoring program planning, coordination, and implementation to solve these problems. The proposed framework encompasses site selection using geospatial analysis and stakeholder input, identification of critical parameters based on environmental characteristics and management objectives, standardized protocols for data collection across physical (e.g. tides, currents, bathymetry, waves), chemical (e.g. water quality, nutrients), biological (e.g. plankton, habitat maps), and socio-economic parameters, and quality assurance measures. It leverages advanced technologies such as tide gauges, current profilers, autonomous underwater vehicles, high-frequency radars, drifters, remote sensing for bathymetry/topography, water quality sensors, sediment traps/samplers, and meteorological stations for efficient data acquisition and integration across surface, subsurface, surf zone, air-sea interface from multiple sources. Data management and statistical and predictive models help discover patterns, threats, and decision-making scenarios. Open data and stakeholder involvement promote information sharing and evidence-based policy-making. This framework addresses critical needs for a holistic understanding of complex coastal processes, climate change impact, early warnings, and science-based coastal management. Overcoming challenges related to capacity building, data accessibility, and governance requires sustained multidisciplinary collaboration among researchers, resource managers, policymakers, and coastal communities. Widespread adoption of this framework can significantly improve coastal stewardship in changing climate and promote sustainable blue economies worldwide.