Ecological Effects of Opportunistic Macroalgal Blooms on Aquatic Environments
A special issue of Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Diversity".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2023) | Viewed by 5540
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The mass development phenomenon of opportunistic macroalgae as a response to an increase in nutrient loading has been known since the first half of the 20th century. This occurrence was first noted in the Great Lakes in an extended growth of the green macroalga Cladophora glomerata. Nowadays, this phenomenon has been seen around the world in both freshwater and marine habitats. In marine habitats, it was given the names the “green tide”, when referring to green opportunistic macroalgae, and the “golden tide”, corresponding to brown macroalgae. Despite the wide distribution of opportunistic macroalgal blooms, interest in this issue was only aroused in 2008, after the global “green tide” event in the western Yellow Sea, which had been caused by the development of Ulva in the greatest scale. The main negative consequences of such opportunistic macroalgal blooms include displacement of perennial marine macroalgae and global changes in coastal food webs. Another harmful consequence comes about from the accumulation of decaying algal masses on the coast, which causes hypoxia, mass mortality and the migration of benthic fauna.
This Special Issue aims to highlight new insights into the impacts of the mass development of opportunistic macroalgae on the environment and measures that could prevent and regulate these negative effects. It specifically focuses on i) patterns in opportunistic macroalgal bloom development ii) opportunistic macroalgae located in coastal communities and food webs, iii) natural and human-induced impact on opportunistic algal communities, iv) measures to decrease opportunistic macroalgal blooms harmful effects and v) different assessment methods for opportunistic macroalgal blooms.
Dr. Yulia I. Gubelit
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- opportunistic macroalgae
- coastal eutrophication
- green tide
- green macroalgae
- coastal food webs
