Biology and Ecology of Zooplankton: Latest Advances and Prospects, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 April 2025) | Viewed by 2015
Special Issue Editor
Interests: lake ecosystems; freshwater ecology; zooplankton; cladocera; copepoda; biodiversity; climate changes
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Dear Colleagues,
Zooplankton performs a crucial role in aquatic ecosystems, including active grazing on algae, detritus and various heterotrophs, taking part in nutrient regeneration, and providing food for fish and planktivorous organisms. Planktonic animals directly and indirectly support ecosystem services, including by clearing water through the top-down control of algae and bacteria and supporting freshwater fauna for human consumption. In recent decades, this group have been subjected to strong human forces that have generated new challenges, including synthetic pollution, eutrophication, invasions by new taxa, and physical and chemical changes in aquatic ecosystems accelerated by climate change.
In this context, I invite you submit contributions for inclusion in the Special Issue titled “Biology and Ecology of Zooplankton: Latest Advances and Prospects”. The specific topics may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Zooplankton communities as indicators of environmental changes;
- Zooplankton and climatic changes;
- Planktonic animals as invaders and casualties of biological invasions;
- The impact of pollution on zooplankton biology and ecology;
- The influence of catchment processes on freshwater and marine zooplankton;
- Zooplankton as a potential harvestable resource;
- The metabarcoding of zooplankton.
Both original field and experimental research papers and review papers are welcome.
Prof. Dr. Małgorzata Adamczuk
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- zooplankton
- environmental changes
- climatic changes
- catchment processes
- pollution
- food webs
- invasive species
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