Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue aims to provide an international multidisciplinary platform for presentating original contributions in the field of Ecological Assessment in connection to Management Strategy for Aquatic Ecosystems. The focus is the presentation of new knowledge with the scope of effective upgrading of Water Frame Directive principles. Only good ecological assessment can provide a starting point for good water management. Ecological assesment and water management include numerous sub-areas:

• Ecological assessment includes a number of different assessments that complement each other: from the morphological assessment of water resources and water pollution to molecular methods, which are becoming a crucial part of assessing the water state. Due to the negative impact of humankind on ecosystems, the need to restore biodiversity and ecosystem services is increasing. This part also includes ecological assessment for environmental and economic sustainability as well as approaches for assessing and valuing ecosystem services;
• Water Management is of a great importance, while the water crisis is already our reality and represents one of the greatest economic and environmental risks. Water management includes differernt water envronments and challenges; freshwater, coastal, and marine ecosystems and related eutrophication, sustainable fisheries and problematic invasive species. Water management strategy needs transdisciplinary collaboration with participatory approaches, as well as mechanisms for promoting ecosystem services, maintenance, and administration of water resources. To preserve water bodies, it is important to include management development, control, planning, design, and operation of water resource systems. Management of ecosystem service restoration is necessary for the prevention of further biodiversity loss beyond what we are witnessing today.

Some journals already cover Water Management and Ecological Assessment, but as two separate topics. Here, in this Special Issue, we would like to demonstrate the inevitable connection of these two areas in order to come closer to sustainability of waters. Papers selected for this Special Issue are subject to a rigorous peer review procedure with the aim of rapid and wide dissemination of research results, development, and applications.

Dr. Tina Eleršek
Dr. Anja Bubik
Dr. Nataša Mori
Guest Editors

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• Ecological assessment
• Water management strategy
• Environmental sustainability
• Economical sustainability
• Biodiversity and ecosystem restoration
• Ecosystem services
• Water resources