Diatom Biodiversity and Their Adaptation to Environment Change
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 September 2026 | Viewed by 790
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the call for papers for a Special Issue dedicated to diatom biodiversity and their adaptive responses to environmental change. The issue, titled “Diatom Biodiversity and Their Adaptation to Environment Change,” aims to gather the latest research on the ecology, biogeography, and responses of diatoms to the dynamic transformations occurring in aquatic habitats.
Diatoms (Bacillariophyta) are a highly diverse group of unicellular algae that play a fundamental role in aquatic ecosystems. Due to their sensitivity to environmental changes and high species richness, they are widely used in biomonitoring, including assessments of water quality and the effects of climate change and anthropogenic pressure.
We warmly welcome submissions focusing on diatoms inhabiting a wide range of aquatic environments — from springs, streams, and rivers to lakes, wetlands, seas, and oceans. We are interested in floristic and taxonomic studies as well as research on community structure, ecological interactions, succession processes, and responses to anthropogenic factors.
Particularly valuable will be contributions addressing the impact of climate change, habitat alteration, and pollution on the diversity and condition of diatoms, as well as on the functioning of entire microalgal communities. We encourage interdisciplinary approaches that integrate ecology, hydrobiology, geochemistry, paleoecology, and modern molecular methods.
We hope this Special Issue will serve as a platform for knowledge exchange among researchers working in various aquatic systems and will contribute to a deeper understanding of diatoms as bioindicators and key components of ecosystem processes in the face of global environmental change.
Dr. Mateusz Rybak
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- diatoms
- ecology
- antropocene
- human impact
- diversity
- taxonomy
- freshwater
- marine
- coastal habitats
- environmental adaptations
- environmental changes
- paleoecology
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