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Soil and Water Resources Institute (SWRI), Hellenic Agricultural Organisation, 57400 Sindos, Greece
Interests: hydrology of groundwater and surface water; agricultural hydraulics; water resources and environmental management; water quality; computational hydraulics

Prof. Dr. Dimitra Bobori

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Department of Zoology, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 541 24 Thessaloniki, Greece
Interests: freshwater ecology; freshwater fish; conservation and management of freshwater ecosystems; water quality; ecotoxicology; ecosystems structure and functioning
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Dear Colleagues,

Hydrological systems and freshwater habitats have been under pressure for decades by anthropogenic influences and the subsequent effects of urbanization, intensive agriculture and energy production. Furthermore, climate change exerts additional pressure on freshwater resources and their ecosystems, endangering their sustainability. Lakes and rivers are particularly vulnerable and the sustainable management of their hydrological regimes and ecosystems is crucial.

To address this, new methods and practices need to be considered to sustain lake and river ecosystems, which take into account economic activities in their sub-catchment areas. In this direction, interdisciplinary approaches covering both hydrological and biological aspects of water bodies are necessary to achieve environmentally, economically and socially sustainable development.

We particularly invite innovation methods and practices in case studies of lakes and rivers associated with modelling, monitoring and field investigations. In this Special Issue, original research articles and critical reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

Hydrological analysis and modelling;
Climate change adaptation and mitigation;
Ecological lake levels and river flow assessments;
Habitat analysis methods and species–environment models;
Ecological requirements analysis of biological species to support sustainability;
Monitoring of hydrological and biological parameters;
Combination of hydrological, ecological, economic and social factors for freshwater resources management.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Charalampos Doulgeris
Dr. Dimitra Bobori
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hydrology
water resources management
sustainability
ecological lake level
environmentally minimum river flow
habitat analysis
ecological requirements

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Fully Distributed Water Balance Modelling in Large Agricultural Areas—The Pinios River Basin (Greece) Case Study

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Sustainability 2023, 15(5), 4343; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15054343 - 28 Feb 2023

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Robust assessments of variations in freshwater availability are essential for current and future water resource management in the Pinios River Basin (PRB), which is one of the most productive basins of Greece in terms of agriculture. To support sustainable water resources management in the PRB, we set up and calibrated the mGROWA hydrological model at a high spatial (100 m) and temporal (daily) resolution for the period 1971–2000, with particular attention given to deriving crop-specific irrigation requirements. We developed and implemented a comprehensive methodological framework to overcome data scarcity constraints in the PRB, thus enabling the derivation of high-resolution spatially continuous estimates of many input variables required for the mGROWA model. We generated estimates of spatiotemporal variations in the water balance components actual evapotranspiration, irrigation requirements, total runoff, and groundwater recharge for the PRB. In addition, through the calculation of indices, such as the potential irrigation to groundwater recharge ratio (PIQR), we demonstrate a way to identify potential unsustainable water use in irrigated agriculture. The established mGROWA model can be used both as a hydrological reference model providing continuous decision support for water resources management, focusing on irrigation water use, and a basis for climate impact studies for the PRB. Full article

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Energy Budget, Water Quality Parameters and Primary Production Modeling in Lake Volvi in Northern Greece

Vassilis Z. Antonopoulos

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Soultana K. Gianniou

Sustainability 2023, 15(3), 2505; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15032505 - 30 Jan 2023

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A lake’s water quality and its ecosystem structure are mainly determined by heat storage change through its energy budget, dissolved oxygen, nutrients and primary productivity. A one-dimensional water quality model for lakes was used to estimate temperature, dissolved oxygen, phytoplankton (as chlorophyll-α), and inorganic and organic phosphorus. Evaporation, energy budget and surface water temperature were also computed. The results of the mathematical model simulation are presented and evaluated. Data from Lake Volvi in Central Macedonia (in northern Greece) for three successive years (2013 to 2015) were used to calibrate and recalibrate the model. The model results of water temperature, dissolved oxygen and primary productivity (Chlα) were compared with measurements for the years 2013 to 2015. The comparison showed that the predicted values of these parameters were all in good agreement with the measurements. The simulation results of water quality parameters generally exhibited the same seasonal dynamic and inter-annual variations as the measured data. The simulation results of the model application provided important information on changes in the physical, chemical and biological variables of the lake. The water temperature and heat fluxes at the water–atmosphere interface are crucial variables related to climate changes. Full article

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