Environmental Flows, Ecological Quality and Ecosystem Services
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 (30 November 2020) | Viewed by 36788
Special Issue Editor
Interests: climate resilience; coastal management; aquatic ecology; water resources; rice production; nature-based solutions
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Establishing proper environmental flows (e-flows) across river basins is one of the keystones to implement an integrated management of water resources. This is even more critical in water scarce river basins due to increasing water uses (i.e., irrigation) and climate change. Functions and values of aquatic ecosystems (i.e., water quality, sediment dynamics, productivity, biodiversity, ecosystem services, etc.) are influenced by river flow regime alterations. However, scientists and managers often find very difficult to quantitatively link the ecological status of aquatic ecosystems and their services to specific e-flow regimes. This Special Issue welcomes papers investigating the links among river flows, the status of aquatic ecosystems and the benefits they provide to our society, either from the science or management perspectives.
Dr. Carles Ibáñez
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- river flow
- aquatic ecosystems
- water quality
- biological indicators
- water uses
- water scarcity
- natural capital