Biological and Ecological Protection in the Freshwater Ecosystems
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: 25 August 2026 | Viewed by 24
Special Issue Editors
Interests: freshwater ecosystem monitoring; habitat assessment; macrophytes; riverscape; watershed management
Interests: environmental DNA; molecular ecology and environmental genomics; community ecology; aquatic ecology
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Interests: biosgeography; Chironomidae; ecology; systematics; eDNA; mitogenome; molecular phylogeny
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Freshwater ecosystems are the main part of the Earth’s ecosystem. Nowadays, it is facing complicated natural processes and anthropogenic influence. How to protect heterogeneous freshwater ecosystems in different scales is a challenging scientific topic. Different regions present various environmental backgrounds with compatible management policies, and the biological and ecological protection needs for freshwater ecosystems are different. In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- The monitoring and assessment of ecosystem health of natural and human-made water bodies;
- Innovative restoration techniques for degraded freshwater ecosystems;
- The role of riparian zones in maintaining ecological balance;
- The impacts of climate change and human activities on freshwater systems;
- Diversity studies of various types of freshwater ecosystems;
- Main anthropogenic influences in freshwater ecosystems, community structure and functional complexity (from plankton to benthos);
- Applications of eDNA analysis and molecular taxonomy.
We believe these subjects will be of significant aid to the further development of freshwater ecosystem studies as well as in the monitoring and protection of freshwater ecosystems.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Weijing Kong
Dr. Shuping Wang
Dr. Xiao-Long Lin
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- riparian
- phytoplankton
- zooplankton
- macroinvertebrate
- fish
- macrophyte
- habitat
- riverscape
- freshwater ecosystem assessment
- freshwater ecosystem monitoring
- protection of biodiversity
- freshwater ecosystem conservation
- anthropogeic disturbance
- freshwater ecosystem services
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