The Role of Vegetation in Freshwater Ecology
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water Quality and Contamination".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 August 2024 | Viewed by 72
Special Issue Editors
Interests: applied hydrology; small catchment studies; water resources control; forest and water relationships; acid rain consequences
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Interests: Kinneret; Hula Valley; limnology; wetlands ecology; freshwater plankton and fish ecology; lake and watershed management
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Interests: watershed analysis; land/water interactions; non-point sources of pollution and cumulative effects; water and soil quality; land degradation processes and watershed rehabilitation; adaptation processes; climate variability and water conservation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Both terrestrial and aquatic vegetation play important roles in the ecology of surface waters. In modern societies, the decline of traditional beliefs has increased the role of legislature in controlling natural capital. However, incorrect land use and the related deterioration of freshwater systems has led to a wide range of recent ecological and human crises. This Special Issue puts forward a multidisciplinary approach to address the relationships between changes in the soil–vegetation complex and water phenomena at the catchment scale, in catchments and lakes, and in environmental services. Research and review papers dealing with these problems, especially those related to ecology, hydrology, and biogeochemistry, are of interest. In particular, the results of long-term catchment field studies, the assessment of the ecological status of stream and lake water bodies, and examples of effective environmental services in catchments, with special concern paid to downstream impacts, are welcome. The prognosis of climate change impacts and adaptation strategies are also of interest. This Special Issue will serve also to promote innovative observation techniques (automatic systems, remote sensing, etc.) and methodologies (environmental indicators, climate change mitigation, etc.), and their applications in stakeholder conversations, the decision making process, and catchment planning.
Dr. Josef Křeček
Prof. Dr. Moshe Gophen
Prof. Dr. Hans Schreier
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- vegetation
- freshwater
- ecology
- catchment
- climate change
