The estuarine, coastal, and nearshore areas are one of the most active places for material transformation and energy flow in the earth system, as well as the most diverse forms of microbial and mineral interactions. With the rapid economic development and large-scale expansion of human activities, upstream rivers carry a large amount of carbon and reactive nitrogen into the estuarine, coastal, and nearshore areas in recent decades. Their transformation in the active aquatic environments may lead to the release of greenhouse gases into the surroundings. The processes of carbon and nitrogen cycling, and mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions have become hot issues in the study of global change. Microorganisms are the main drivers of carbon and nitrogen biogeochemical cycles and play an important role in maintaining ecological balance. Due to the close interaction between microorganisms and carbon and nitrogen cycles, it is necessary to explore more about their coupling mechanism and ecological and environmental effects in the estuarine, coastal, and nearshore areas.
In this Research Topic, we would like to focus on microbial-mediated carbon and nitrogen biogeochemical processes and their coupling mechanisms as well as ecological and environmental effects in estuarine, coastal, and nearshore areas, including the microbial regulation of carbon and nitrogen fluxes, impact of microbial processes on the pattern of distribution of carbon and nitrogen, carbon and nitrogen coupling mechanisms with microbial transformation under global warming scenarios, and their trajectory trends and responses to global climate change.
This Research Topic calls for original and novel manuscripts related to carbon and nitrogen elements in estuarine, coastal, and nearshore areas with any of the following sub-topics, but are not limited to:
· Key processes and coupling mechanisms of carbon and nitrogen cycling driven by microorganisms
· Mechanism of microbial-mediated release of greenhouse gases (such as CH4, CO2 and N2O) and its eco-environmental effects
· Application of new techniques in the detection of microorganisms and related key processes of carbon and nitrogen cycling
The estuarine, coastal, and nearshore areas are one of the most active places for material transformation and energy flow in the earth system, as well as the most diverse forms of microbial and mineral interactions. With the rapid economic development and large-scale expansion of human activities, upstream rivers carry a large amount of carbon and reactive nitrogen into the estuarine, coastal, and nearshore areas in recent decades. Their transformation in the active aquatic environments may lead to the release of greenhouse gases into the surroundings. The processes of carbon and nitrogen cycling, and mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions have become hot issues in the study of global change. Microorganisms are the main drivers of carbon and nitrogen biogeochemical cycles and play an important role in maintaining ecological balance. Due to the close interaction between microorganisms and carbon and nitrogen cycles, it is necessary to explore more about their coupling mechanism and ecological and environmental effects in the estuarine, coastal, and nearshore areas.
In this Research Topic, we would like to focus on microbial-mediated carbon and nitrogen biogeochemical processes and their coupling mechanisms as well as ecological and environmental effects in estuarine, coastal, and nearshore areas, including the microbial regulation of carbon and nitrogen fluxes, impact of microbial processes on the pattern of distribution of carbon and nitrogen, carbon and nitrogen coupling mechanisms with microbial transformation under global warming scenarios, and their trajectory trends and responses to global climate change.
This Research Topic calls for original and novel manuscripts related to carbon and nitrogen elements in estuarine, coastal, and nearshore areas with any of the following sub-topics, but are not limited to:
· Key processes and coupling mechanisms of carbon and nitrogen cycling driven by microorganisms
· Mechanism of microbial-mediated release of greenhouse gases (such as CH4, CO2 and N2O) and its eco-environmental effects
· Application of new techniques in the detection of microorganisms and related key processes of carbon and nitrogen cycling