Coastal systems play a crucial role in biogeochemical cycles and are important areas formarine resources, exchange of materials and energy. Moreover, these environments aremarked by strong spatial and temporal heterogeneity of environmental factors, contributing totheir complexity. Since global change has exerted intense pressure on these systems, theimplementation of long-term monitoring programmes has become essential to extract majortrends and predict potential changes. However, the identification of specific responses ofthese coastal systems remains unclear. Since 1997, monitoring of physical and chemicalparameters of coastal waters in France is provided by the programme SOMLIT (Serviced'Observation en Milieu LITtoral). These comprehens...