Freshwater Ecosystems—Biodiversity and Protection: 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: 25 August 2025 | Viewed by 147
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Chironomidae; macrozoobenthos; epiphyton; hydrobiology; water quality assessment; freshwater biodiversity; paleolimnology
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Interests: aquatic ecology; phytoplankton taxonomy and ecology; phytoplankton functional groups; floodplain ecology; invasive species; water quality assessment
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Interests: aquatic ecology; macroinvertebrates; Chironomidae; bioassessment; ecotoxicology
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Interests: freshwater Mollusca (Gastropoda and Bivalvia); macroinvertebrates; taxonomy and population genetics; water quality assessment; invasive species
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
There are currently a number of concerns in all ecosystems regarding biodiversity and habitat protection. This is especially true for freshwater ecosystems, since some of the strongest negative anthropogenic influences are evident in the lakes, rivers, ponds, and floodplains in our vicinity. Globally, there is an ongoing struggle with the challenges of protecting biodiversity; decreasing habitat destruction; ensuring vital ecological services; and developing various methods to actively assess and monitor aquatic habitats (and communities) as well as plans and models for the protection, revitalization, and restoration of natural freshwater ecosystems. To achieve these goals, it is vital to understand how such systems function, the status of the communities present, and the main influencing factors at play. Furthermore, the application of biotic elements or multi-indicator methods can be helpful in the protection and management of the studied freshwater system.
The aim of this Special Issue is to present reviews, notes, and original research that concern the following issues: diversity studies of various types of freshwater ecosystems, water quality assessment methods and application, important stressors in lentic and lotic ecosystems, biodiversity in human-made water bodies, bioassessment of natural and human-made water bodies, main anthropogenic influences in freshwater ecosystems, community structure and functional complexity (from plankton to benthos), and applications of eDNA analysis and molecular taxonomy.
We believe these subjects will be of significant aid for the further development of biodiversity studies as well as in the monitoring and protection of freshwater ecosystems.
Dr. Dubravka Čerba
Dr. Filip Stevic
Dr. Djuradj Milošević
Dr. Maja Raković
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- freshwater communities
- α, β, γ diversity
- biotic indicators
- water quality assessment
- anthropogenic influence
- ecotoxicology
- metacommunity
- invasive species
- non-wadeable rivers
- conservation
- barcoding
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