Temporal Scales of Microbial Ecology in Freshwater Systems
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: closed (31 July 2021) | Viewed by 263
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to invite you to contribute a manuscript to the Special Issue “Temporal Scales of Microbial Ecology in Freshwater Systems” hosted by Water. Knowledge about how microbial communities relate to ecosystem function is often dependent upon the scales at which studies are conducted. This Special Issue will provide a compendium of the current state of literature examining how microbial diversity, communities and microbially-mediated ecosystem functions vary over time across a variety of freshwater systems. We are seeking primary research articles and meta-analyses. Temporal changes may be related to natural changes over time, or in combination to responses to natural or anthropogenic disturbances. Systems of interest include but are not limited to lentic and lotic systems, wetlands, groundwater, glaciers, precipitation and clouds. My goal is to include a balance of diverse authors in this Special Issue. If you do not anticipate preparing a manuscript in this subject area, please consider sharing the name and email of graduate students, postdocs and colleagues with me at [email protected].
Prof. Dr. Kathryn Docherty
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- aquatic
- freshwater
- temporal
- time-series
- microbial
- bacteria
- archaea
- fungi
- algae
- cyanobacteria
- community
- function
- anthropogenic
- disturbance
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