Freshwater Biodiversity
A section of Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818).
Section Information
Freshwater ecosystems cover a tiny percentage of the Earth’s surface but are essential to all living organisms and represent a surprisingly large fraction of global biodiversity. They are also strongly impacted by humans as they constitute the basis of our essential needs, providing water, energy and food. It is therefore vital that these ecosystems and their biodiversity are preserved. Diversity seeks to publish papers describing this biodiversity (ranging from molecules to species and from unicellulars to vertebrates) across space and time and to identify the processes shaping these patterns in freshwater ecosystems.
Keywords
- genetic diversity
- intraspecific diversity
- phylogenetic diversity
- functional diversity
- species diversity
- taxonomy
- macroecology
- biogeography
- conservation
- global change
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Biomonitoring of Freshwater Ecosystems (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Taxonomy, Systematics, Evolution and Biogeography of Freshwater Decapod Crustaceans (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Freshwater Zoobenthos Biodiversity, Evolution and Ecology (Deadline: 1 July 2024)
- Impacts of Invasive Freshwater Fish on Native Fauna and Aquatic Ecosystems (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Population Ecology and Protection of Freshwater Mussels (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Diversity, Evolution and Conservation Ecology of Aquatic Species (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Diversity and Biogeography of Microcrustaceans in Continental Waters (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Advances in Freshwater Mollusk Communities (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Ecology and Conservation of Freshwater Mollusks (Deadline: 15 December 2024)
- Freshwater Biodiversity Hotspots in 2024 (Deadline: 29 December 2024)
