Estuaries and Coasts is the journal of the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation. Begun in 1977 as Chesapeake Science, the journal has gradually expanded its scope and circulation. Today, the journal publishes manuscripts on ecosystems at the interface between the land and the sea, covering aspects of research on physical, chemical, geological or biological systems, as well as applications to management of those ecosystems. The interface is broadly defined to include estuaries and nearshore coastal waters including lagoons, wetlands, tidal rivers, shorelands, and beaches. The journal publishes original research findings, reviews and perspectives, techniques, comments, and management applications. Submissions that are primarily descriptive, strongly place-based, or report on development of models or new methods without detailing their applications fall outside the scope of the journal.

《河口與海岸》是海岸與河口研究聯合會的期刊。1977年創辦時名為《切薩皮克科學》(Chesapeake Science)，后來逐漸擴大了雜志的范圍和發行量。今天，該雜志出版了關于陸地和海洋交界處的生態系統的手稿，涉及物理、化學、地質或生物系統研究的各個方面，以及在這些生態系統管理方面的應用。該界面被廣泛定義為包括河口和近岸沿海水域，包括瀉湖、濕地、潮汐河流、海岸和海灘。該雜志出版原始的研究結果，評論和觀點，技術，評論，和管理應用。主要是描述性的、基于位置的、或關于模型或新方法開發的報告，而沒有詳細說明它們的應用程序，這些都不在本期刊的討論范圍之內。