Freshwater Biodiversity
A section of Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818).
Section Information
Freshwater ecosystems cover a tiny percentage of the Earth’s surface but are essential to all living organisms and represent a surprisingly large fraction of global biodiversity. They are also strongly impacted by humans as they constitute the basis of our essential needs, providing water, energy and food. It is therefore vital that these ecosystems and their biodiversity are preserved. Diversity seeks to publish papers describing this biodiversity (ranging from molecules to species and from unicellulars to vertebrates) across space and time and to identify the processes shaping these patterns in freshwater ecosystems.
Keywords
- genetic diversity
- intraspecific diversity
- phylogenetic diversity
- functional diversity
- species diversity
- taxonomy
- macroecology
- biogeography
- conservation
- global change
Editorial Board
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Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Freshwater Biodiversity Hotspots in 2024 (Deadline: 29 December 2024)
- Freshwater Zoobenthos Biodiversity, Evolution and Ecology (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Ecology and Conservation of Freshwater Mollusks (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Advances in Freshwater Mollusk Research (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Impacts of Invasive Freshwater Fish on Native Fauna and Aquatic Ecosystems (Deadline: 15 March 2025)
- Diversity and Biogeography of Microcrustaceans in Continental Waters (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Diversity and Ecology of Freshwater Plankton (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Climate Change and Invasive Species Impacts on Freshwater Systems (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Tropical Aquatic Biodiversity (Deadline: 1 November 2025)
