Impact of Physical and Biological Structuring of Freshwaters on Development of Cyanobacterial Blooms
A special issue of Environments (ISSN 2076-3298).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2021) | Viewed by 7832
Special Issue Editor
Interests: physical, chemical, and biological structuring of lakes, rivers, and reservoirs with implications for the development of cyanobacterial blooms, microbial carbon processing, and exchange of greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4 and N2O); new processes involved in methane production in well-oxygenated waters; change in carbon processing and storage as a consequence of diverse influences from plankton activities; effects of warming and eutrophication
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Dear Colleagues,
As a Guest Editor, I would like to kindly invite you to contribute a research article or a review to be published in a Special Issue of Environments (ISSN 2076-3298): Impact of Physical and Biological Structuring of Freshwaters on Development of Cyanobacterial Blooms.
Proliferation of noxious phytoplankton blooms in warmer, more stratified and eutrophic conditions is of concern in warm and cold climates, as well as in shallow and deep freshwaters globally. The bottom–up effects of temperature, stratification regime, light conditions, nutrient availability, and ratios control the phytoplanton community structure and often moderate phenology and severity of blooms. On the other hand, top–down effects through grazing or infections as well as competition can limit blooms. The interaction between bottom–up and top–down controls on the formation and evolution of phytoplankton blooms is particularly interesting in waters that are globally becoming warmer and less transparent to consequently stratify more strongly and develop more extensive bottom water anoxia. The general purpose of this Special Issue is to provide a venue for discussion on the importance of physical and biological interactions on performance of cyanobacteria that have the capacity to form noxious blooms. The scope is broad, and I invite submissions based on detailed experimental investigation of selected traits in a single cyanobacterial strain or species up to meta-analyses using datasets from monitoring campaings and nation-wide surveys. Anything in between is also most welcome. The focus should be, however, on detemining interactive mechanisms triggering/stimulating cyanobacterial blooms or catalyzing changes in their phenology rather than on single factor effects. Research aiming to reveal the stimulants and to account for consequences of surface cyanobacterial blooms on plankton communities in relation to carbon concentration and oxygen stratification will also be given full consideration.
Dr. Maciej Bartosiewicz
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- eutrophication
- global warming
- stratification
- noxion blooms
- toxic cyanobacteria
- biotic interactions
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