Diversity and Biogeography of Microcrustaceans in Continental Waters
A special issue of Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818). This special issue belongs to the section "Freshwater Biodiversity".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2025 | Viewed by 8389
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Interests: Copepoda ecology, biogeography, and systematics; tropical brachyuran crabs; spatio-temporal patterns of meiofauna assemblages; science communication
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Interests: Cladocera ecology, biogeography, and taxonomy; species diversity and structural composition of freshwater microcrustacean assemblages; Arctic islands and insular fauna; science communication
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Dear Colleagues,
Microcrustacea (Cladocera, Copepoda, Ostracoda, etc.) constitute a very diverse taxonomic group, including both parasitic and free-living organisms that inhabit marine areas, estuaries, and freshwater ecosystems. They play a key role in the communities of continental water bodies of different hydrological types: from wet soils and groundwater to lakes and hypersaline lagoons. Microcrustacea are among the major consumers of primary phytoplankton in terrestrial water bodies and bacteria in cave ecosystems. Their complex interactions with the environment and other organisms influence a wide range of biogenic processes that determine the community structure of a water body. Crustaceans are often the edificatory species that modify the environment for other aquatic organisms. Due to their high sensitivity to the impacts of anthropogenic factors, microcrustacean taxa can be used for the monitoring of environmental pollution and climate change. This Special Issue, entitled "Diversity and Biogeography of Microcrustaceans in Continental Waters" is devoted to an integrated analysis of crustaceans, covering studies at both species and taxocenosis levels, as well as ecosystem management and the sustainable use of continental waters.
The topics of the Special Issue cover three main aspects—1. Advances in taxonomy, phylogeny, and biogeography: Important aspects of taxonomy, phylogeny, and evolutionary biology of microcrustacean taxa, including phylogenetic systematics, will be discussed. Studies of organisms in continental bodies of water, including the Caspian Sea and the Aral Sea, that are hydrologically related to lakes are welcome. 2. Ecosystem interactions:, including spatial distribution and temporal dynamics of taxocenoses. Studies of the spatial and temporal patterns of microcrustacean variability in freshwater and brackish–water ecosystems are welcome, including a discussion of factor regulation processes and how these affect biogenic patterns. 3. Microcrustaceans and their response to natural and anthropogenic influences. Research papers evaluating the effects of climate and environmental changes under anthropogenic pressure on benthic and planktonic microcrustacean taxocenoses are invited. Priority will be given to research performed in natural communities rather than in artificial laboratory microcosms used for toxicological studies.
Therefore, almost any aspect related to taxonomy, phylogeny, ecology, and biogeography of microcrustaceans can find a place in the pages of this Special Issue.
Dr. Elena S. Chertoprud
Dr. Anna A. Novichkova
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- freshwater microcrustacea
- brackish–water microcrustacea
- taxonomy
- phylogeny
- ecology
- biogeography
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