Ecosystems of Inland Saline Waters

Inland saline waters include different types of water bodies (lake, lagoons, estuaries, rivers, springs, ponds, etc.) and play an important many face role in the Biosphere on different spatial scales. Their total area is very close to total area of freshwaters on the planet. Despite this, they attract much less attention then freshwaters. Currently, it is  inadmissible due to some main reasons: 1. growing proccess of salinization of freshwater systems worldwide, 2. increasing demand for their human sustainable multi-purpose use, 3. their significant landscape role, including the conservation of aquatic organisms living in them and the related numerous bird species. This Special Issue aims to decrease lack of knowledge on these unique and diverse water bodies also providing information to environmental managers, polititions, and general public needed to the conservation and sustainable use.

The Issue main topic would be:

1. Diversity and peculiarities of inland saline water bodies;
2. Ecosystems in inland saline waters: structure, functioning, state and dynamics;
3. Salinisation of freshwaters and ecosystem transformations;
4. Long-term changes of ecosystem changes due to climatic variability and antropogenic interventions.
5. Integrated sustainable management of saline water ecosystems and aquaculture development.
6. Public awarness about problems of saline water bodies.

Dr. Nickolai Shadrin
Dr. Elena Anufriieva
Prof. Dr. Gonzalo Gajardo
Guest Editors

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