Climate Warming and Eutrophication on Phytoplankton Ecology: Effects and Restoration
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 124
Special Issue Editors
Interests: control of cyanobacterial blooms and mitigation of eutrophication; lake restoration; phytoplankton ecology; ecophysiology of cyanobacteria; limnology of reservoirs and coastal lagoons
Interests: cyanobacteria; mixotrophy and mitigation of eutrophic environments through geo-engineering techniques; working with chemical and organic coagulants and phosphorus adsorbents as natural or modified soils; extreme climate events; severe drought; impacts on water availability
Interests: ecology; limnology; ecology of tropical aquatic ecosystems; phytoplankton ecology; ecophysiology; toxicology of harmful cyanobacteria; planktonic interactions
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Phytoplankton are critical primary producers in aquatic ecosystems, forming the base of aquatic food webs and playing key roles in nutrient cycling. However, climate warming and nutrient enrichment (eutrophication) are significantly altering freshwater and brackish ecosystem dynamics, leading to changes in primary production, oxygen dynamics, and food web structures. The increase in harmful algal blooms is one of the major threats to water quality and ecosystem services. Despite growing concern, the effects of climate change and eutrophication on phytoplankton ecology (including blooms), in addition to their interactions with others trophic levels and the possible mitigating measures for environments already affected by these events, are still not completely understood.
Thus, areas of interest for this Special Issue will include (but are not limited to) the following:
- How climate warming and eutrophication interact to shape phytoplankton ecology, functional traits and diversity in freshwater ecosystems;
- How trophic interactions of phytoplankton with other trophic levels are shaped by climate warming and eutrophication;
- Long-term monitoring studies on phytoplankton dynamics under varying thermal and nutrient conditions;
- Studies in environments with perennial harmful algal blooms, including records of phytotoxins and other less-reported metabolites;
- Modeling studies on future scenarios of climate and nutrient impacts;
- Mitigating treatments for eutrophication and HABs.
We hope that this Special Issue will be able to address pressing environmental challenges affecting freshwater ecosystems worldwide, supporting lake management, eutrophication control, and climate adaptation strategies.
Dr. Marcelo Marinho
Dr. Vanessa Becker
Dr. Luciana Rangel
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- phytoplankton ecology
- eutrophication
- climate change
- harmful algal blooms
- phytotoxins
- water quality
- restauration
- trophic interactions
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