Limnological Review: Opening a New Chapter

Limnology is the study of inland water ecosystems, which are major contributors to biospheric diversity, structure, and function, even though they represent a small fraction of surface waters. They also serve a pivotal function for the human population by providing water for drinking and irrigation purposes, recycling nutrients, and by means of trade and transport and opportunities for recreation. In other words, they provide goods and services while playing a fundamental role in support for the environment, society, and the economy [1]. It is beyond any doubt that tackling climate change and adapting to it require the preservation of inland waters [2]. Limnology offers an interdisciplinary repertoire of tools to understand these ecosystems’ physical, chemical, and biological features, track the trends, and develop effective protection and restoration methods [1]. All of these must be communicated swiftly and in an accessible manner if humans wish science to serve its purposes [3].

Limnological Review [4] (ISSN 2300-7575) was founded as the platform to promote limnology, exchange field-based and experimental experience, as well as theoretical background essential in understanding the complexity of processes influencing the functioning of inland water ecosystems and their protection. The journal was founded by Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń in 2001 and then by the newly created Polish Limnological Society and published continuously through different publishing platforms. However, it became increasingly challenging for our Society to run the journal in recent years, particularly with negligible external support from science funding institutions. It also coincided with the passing of our dear friend, the long-term Editor-in-Chief of Limnological Review, Prof. Dr. Dariusz Borowiak, who was devoted to limnology. Fortunately, MDPI came forward, understood the mission of our journal, and offered to publish the journal. As the Polish Limnological Society, we are grateful for this help and glad that the history and aims of the Limnological Review will be continued in an open access fashion, making the science communicated through the journal accessible to everyone.

As an Editor-in-Chief (Piotr Rzymski), President of the Polish Limnological Society (Piotr Klimaszyk), and founder of the Limnological Society (Włodzimierz Marszelewski), we cordially invite you to contribute to Limnological Review.

The journal welcomes original research and review papers focusing on inland, both natural and manmade, water ecosystems. The journal’s goal is to keep records of state-of-the-art studies of aquatic ecosystems and promote limnology. The scope of this covers all aspects of freshwater environment studies, from lakes and rivers to wetlands, and from physical and chemical to biological limnology. It encompasses field-based, experimental, as well as theoretical research, with a particular emphasis on hydrology, paleolimnology, aquatic biology, ecohydrology, hydrochemistry, aquatic toxicology, sedimentology, environmental engineering, physical geography, and geoinformatics.