Conservation and Research of Aquatic Endangered Plants
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 (30 April 2022) | Viewed by 7994
Special Issue Editor
Interests: plant diversity; plant conservation studies; insular flora; endemic and threatened plants; reproductive biology studies; endemics and rare species; population ecology; monitoring methods
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Dear Colleagues,
Aquatic ecosystems are impacted by multiple stressors, from human and agricultural land uses to climate change, which affects ecological and chemical status, water quantity, and ecosystem functions.
Understanding how stressors interfere with and understanding their impact upon ecological status is essential for documenting relative “endangerment” status for plant species and for developing effective conservation plans. This is particularly important for aquatic organisms, which are especially vulnerable to human-induced environmental degradation of natural environments and are experiencing rapid global decline.
In many aquatic ecosystems, the plant community’s composition and structure are of key importance to ecosystem functions and biodiversity; therefore, they play a crucial role in the functioning of aquatic ecosystems. Many aquatic species have become locally, or even globally, extinct during the last 50 years due to water pollution, eutrophication, or a changed hydrological regime. The rapid disappearance of aquatic plant species makes them priority targets for conservation.
We are calling for papers that illustrate examples of studies and conservation measures on aquatic endangered species, finalized to know their conservation status, to recover threatened populations, to prevent extinction, to enhance their chances of survival, and to develop proper conservation strategies.
Dr. Donatella Cogoni
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- aquatic plants
- threatened species
- conservation strategy
- plant species with extremely small populations
- diversity
- climate change
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