Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science

Dan Baird is a Senior Professor and Research Fellow in the Department of Botany and Zoology at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. He obtained his PhD degree from the University of Stellenbosch in fisheries science, and has published more than 120 papers and numerous book chapters. He was co-editor and author for of volume on the "Estuaries of South Africa” (1999; Cambridge University Press), co-editor and author of "Estuarine and Coastal Ecosystems Modeling” in the 1^st Edition of "Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science” (2011; Elsevier). He is currently Editor-in-Chief of the highly rated journal Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science (Elsevier) and the co-Editor-in-Chief of the 2^nd Edition of Treatise on Coastal Science (2024; Elsevier). Professor Baird conducted research and published widely with international fellows from, amongst others, the University of Maryland, East Carolina University, University of North Carolina, the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany, the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, and Durham, UK. Professor Baird specializes in the fields of ecosystem theory, analysis and modeling, Ecological Network Analysis, marine & coastal zone ecology & management, fisheries science & fisheries management, water quality of and nutrient dynamics in coastal ecosystems.

Professor Michael Elliott is the Director of the Institute of Estuarine & Coastal Studies (IECS) and Professor of Estuarine and Coastal Sciences at the University of Hull, U.K. He is a marine biologist with wide experience in teaching, research, advisory and consultancy work in estuarine and marine aspects of ecological components and communities, and the impacts of human activities, as well as policy, governance, and management of estuaries and coasts. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and of the Society of Biology. Mike has published widely, coauthoring/coediting 15 books and contributing to over 200 scientific publications. Mike has acted as an advisor on many marine and estuarine environmental matters for academia, industry, government, and statutory bodies in Europe and elsewhere. Mike is a past-president of the international Estuarine & Coastal Sciences Association (ECSA) and is also one of the four editors-in-chief of the international journal Estuarine, Coastal & Shelf Science and is on the editorial board of Marine Pollution Bulletin. He is the Sir Walter Murdoch Distinguished Adjunct Professor, Murdoch University, Australia, and also has adjunct professor and research positions at Klaipeda University (Lithuania), the University of Palermo (Italy), and the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Grahamstown. In 2014, he was appointed an independent non-executive member of the UK Marine Science Coordinating Committee and member of the Science Advisory Board of Marine Scotland. In 2014, Mike was awarded the Laureate of the Honorary Winberg Medal of the Russian Hydrobiological Academic Society.