Disentangling Influences of Natural and Human Factors on Aquatic Ecosystems

Dear Colleagues,

The characteristics of aquatic systems are determined by natural factors (e.g., geology, soil, topography, climate, biotic dispersal and accessibility) and anthropogenic factors (e.g., changes in land use/cover, intensity of point and non-point pollution, ecoservice extraction, unintended feedback of resource management, invasive species, population density and migration) at different temporal and spatial scales. In addition, human-induced climate change has a strong influence on both natural and anthropogenic factors. Hence, it is imperative to include and distinguish natural and anthropogenic factors in the study of aquatic ecosystems, in order to improve science and natural resource management. This Special Issue focuses on the developments, evaluations, reviews, and applications of conceptual frameworks and statistical methods applicable to disentangling the effects of natural environment and human disturbances. Areas of interest include biodiversity conservation, ecosystem restoration, the prediction and adaptation of climate-change impacts, biocriteria development, bioassessment, and resource management.

Water welcomes the submission of reviews and applied, modeling or technological studies on topics including, but not limited to: formulating new bioassessment approaches, proposing novel large-scale monitoring and assessment framework, developing new physicochemical and biological indices or biocriteria, advanced statistical methods or modeling, and exploring new visions for future bioassessment and monitoring.

Dr. Lizhu Wang
Dr. Yong Cao
Dr. Dana Infante
Guest Editors

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