海洋科学与工程哲学博士-沿海海洋系统

沿海海洋通常被定义为从海岸线到大陆边缘外缘的区域。它们将各大洲与公海相连，并作为将有机和无机，天然和人为原料从陆地运输到海洋的纽带。它们是海洋中生物最具生产力的部分，被捕捞最多，并且最容易受到人为因素的影响和极端事件。大约一半的世界人口居住在距离海岸线200公里以内的地区，并且这一比例预计还会增长。人类沿海地区人口的增加带来了对粮食，海洋资源以及海岸娱乐和商业用途的更大需求。沿海海洋还包括《联合国海洋法》所定义的专属经济区（ECZ），即由面临水的特定国家控制的200海里宽的海洋区域，对研究，资源开发和开发
Coastal oceans are commonly defined as the areas from the shoreline to the outer edge of the continental margin. They connect the continents to the open ocean and serve as a link for transporting organic and inorganic, natural and anthropogenic material from land to sea. They are the most biologically productive part of the ocean, the most fished, and the most subject to anthropogenic modifications and extreme events. About half of the world population lives within 200 km from a coastline and this percentage is projected to grow. The increase of the human coastal zone population brings a greater demand for food, marine resources and recreational and commercial uses of the shore. The coastal ocean also encompasses the Exclusive Economic Zone (ECZ) defined by the United Nation Law of the Sea Treaty as a 200 nautical miles wide ocean area controlled by a given country facing that water, with political and practical consequences for research, resource exploitation and conversation.