Nutrient Cycling in Watershed
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water Quality and Contamination".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2022) | Viewed by 497
Special Issue Editor
2. Civil Engineering Research Group, School of Science, Engineering and Environment, The University of Salford, Salford, UK
3. Department of Architectural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Basrah, Al-Basrah, Iraq
Interests: wastewater management; water recycling; water quality; sanitation; waste management; irrigation; water resource management; water contaminants; sustainability; resilient infrastructure
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cycling and transformation are well known to be broad classes of natural functions in watersheds, where different elements and materials including the water are in continuous cycling and interaction that drive other numerous functions in watersheds. Nutrients such as nitrogen, carbon, and phosphorus are considered the main elements which comprise the most essential biochemical cycles in watersheds. Nutrient cycling processes are an indication of productivity and consumption that could affect the food web resistance and resilience, and changes in nutrient cycling would change the ecosystem function. Understanding nutrient cycling processes is essential to develop management techniques that will reduce the loss of these nutrients and by this means increase the efficiency of re-using them such as in cropping systems. Nutrient cycling is significantly important in aquatic systems, which is why it has been the focus of ecological research.
The aim of this Special Issue of Water is to present contributions in the broad field of water and environmental sciences that cover the knowledge demand in nutrient cycling in aquatic systems. Authors are encouraged to present advanced integrated research on the rates of nutrient assimilation, transfer among biota, and release for subsequent re-assimilation. Studies on the nutrient delivery process, multiple sources of nutrients entering waters, and nutrient circulation in aquatic ecosystems are highly needed. Integration of natural sciences with economic and social sciences is encouraged as well.
Dr. Suhad Almuktar
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nutrients
- water quality
- decomposition
- organic matter
- phosphorus
- nitrogen
- cycling and transformation
- irrigation
- microorganisms
- aquatic ecosystem
