Impact of Buoyant Plumes on Coastal Ecosystems

River plumes are dominant ecological features in the coastal ocean, shaped by the delivery of buoyancy and nutrients to the shelf. They can be the focus of anthropogenic inputs to the coastal ocean, and may also be the source of important micronutrients such as iron. Such systems are difficult to study because they have small spatial scales, and change rapidly over tidal and synoptic timescales, however advances in instrumentation and modeling have greatly increased our understanding. Contributions are invited which cover all aspects of river plumes, but particularly those focused on the connections between biology, chemistry, and physics. Contributions from all plume systems are invited. We also encourage the presentation of work on the connections between estuarine and shelf systems.