Botanical Gardens, Museums and Universities: Hubs for Algae Collections and Ex Situ Conservation
A special issue of Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens (ISSN 2673-5636).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 August 2026 | Viewed by 23
Special Issue Editors
Interests: phycology; charophytes; charophytes taxonomy; phylogeny; ecology; diversity biogeography and conservation; aquatic macrophytes; aquatic ecology; shallow ponds and lakes; ecosystem restoration; invasive alien species in aquatic environments; ecoacoustics in freshwater ecosystems
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Algae collections (herbaria, wet collections, and living collections) are an essential resource, preserving a material record of these organisms in genetic, ecological, and historical contexts, and thus play an indispensable role in the broader field of ex situ conservation. These collections enable fundamental research in taxonomy, ecology, phylogeny, and biogeography and facilitate our understanding of changes in biodiversity in the face of ongoing environmental shifts and climate change, which is essential for the effective conservation of species and habitats.
This Special Issue aims to highlight botanical gardens, museums, and universities as hubs for algae collections and ex situ conservation. We hope that this Special Issue will draw attention to the importance of maintaining these collections in institutions whose primary focus is on vascular plants.
Our objective is to contribute to the still limited literature on the scientific and practical value of well-maintained algal collections (herbaria, wet collections, and living collections) and to promote the efforts and successes of ex situ conservation.
We intend to raise general awareness of the importance of these collections and their proper maintenance and to increase their visibility for researchers and the general public.
Our mission is to persuade conservation policymakers to recognize the importance of algae in future strategic conservation documents.
Dr. Ivana Trbojević
Dr. Michelle Casanova
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- algae
- collection
- ex situ
- conservation
- taxonomy
- ecology
- phylogenetics
- biogeography
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