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Spatio-Temporal Patterns in Coastal Lagoons Biodiversity: Linking Complexity and Ecosystem Properties

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 (10 August 2023) | Viewed by 5364

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Prof. Dr. Angel Perez-Ruzafa

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Departamento de Ecología e Hidrología. Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain
Interests: ecology of coastal lagoons; connectivity; fisheries; trophic webs; biological communities
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Dear Colleagues,

In contrast to the old assumptions of a uniform euryhaline and eurytherm community, coastal lagoons show, in fact, a great spatio-temporal heterogeneity in their biological populations and communities. This heterogeneity is found both in the same lagoon and between lagoons in the same geographical area. In recent years, knowledge of lagoon assemblages has advanced significantly, and we are now in a position to carry out synthesis works that analyze the patterns of variability and relate them to environmental factors and the hydrodynamic processes that determine them. At the same time, in this heterogeneity lie many ecosystem properties that give rise to homeostatic and self-regulating properties in the face of external impacts, such as eutrophication or climate change, and give rise to societal goods and ecosystem services that still need to be quantified and modeled. This Special Issue is open to all works, from those that describe lagoon communities and the factors that determine them to those that model their dynamics and trophic networks, that can contribute to understanding the important role of coastal lagoons in coastal marine processes and in the preservation and generation of biodiversity.

Prof. Dr. Angel Perez-Ruzafa
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Keywords

  • Coastal lagoon biodiversity
  • Spatio-Temporal patterns
  • Ecological process
  • Hydrographic and ecological modeling
  • Ecosystem properties
  • Response to impacts and climate change
  • Societal goods and ecosystem services

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Environmental Heterogeneity and Salinity Gradient Impacted the Alpha and Beta Diversities of Diatom Assemblages in a Coastal Delta Wetland
by Nurhayat Dalkıran and Burcu Zünbülgil-Ünsal
Water 2023, 15(19), 3414; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/w15193414 - 28 Sep 2023
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The coastal deltas are ecologically diverse and complex ecosystems that can contain different habitat types. The effect of environmental heterogeneity on diatom beta diversity is a poorly understood research topic. Freshwater (floodplain forest, river) and brackish (three lagoons) water bodies in the study [...] Read more.
The coastal deltas are ecologically diverse and complex ecosystems that can contain different habitat types. The effect of environmental heterogeneity on diatom beta diversity is a poorly understood research topic. Freshwater (floodplain forest, river) and brackish (three lagoons) water bodies in the study area construct distinct environmental heterogeneity at a small spatial scale. The connection of the lagoons with an inland sea caused a high salinity gradient. All water bodies in the wetland were determined as hypereutrophic. CCA, Cluster, ANOSIM, and SIMPER analysis clearly explained the distribution of diatom assemblages according to salinity gradient and environmental heterogeneity. The environmental heterogeneity resulted in the presence of freshwater, brackish, and marine diatom species in the studied wetland. Diatom assemblages generally consist of freshwater species with euryhaline character adapted to wide salinity gradients. We determined the rapid replacement and richness difference in diatom assemblages due to environmental heterogeneity and salinity gradient causes high overall alpha, beta, and gamma diversity. Unlike many other studies, the high beta diversity mainly consists of the richness difference rather than species replacement. The high overall beta diversity showed low similarity between the habitats, while high overall alpha diversity exposed high species diversity at the local scale in the study area. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Spatio-Temporal Patterns in Coastal Lagoons Biodiversity: Linking Complexity and Ecosystem Properties)
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Spatiotemporal Organic Carbon Distribution in the Capo Peloro Lagoon (Sicily, Italy) in Relation to Environmentally Sustainable Approaches
by Marilena Sanfilippo, Marco Albano, Antonio Manganaro, Gioele Capillo, Nunziacarla Spanò and Serena Savoca
Water 2022, 14(1), 108; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/w14010108 - 04 Jan 2022
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Transitional water environments represent very ecologically interesting areas, which provide various ecosystem services, both concerning biodiversity protection and sustainable fruition of resources. In this way, the evaluation of total carbon and its components, chlorophyll, and chemical and physical parameters is of fundamental importance [...] Read more.
Transitional water environments represent very ecologically interesting areas, which provide various ecosystem services, both concerning biodiversity protection and sustainable fruition of resources. In this way, the evaluation of total carbon and its components, chlorophyll, and chemical and physical parameters is of fundamental importance to deepen the dynamics of these peculiar natural areas. Commercial interests linked to the biological resources of these areas are often not well exploited in relation to their sustainability, due to lack of knowledge. In this study, we investigated the distribution of total organic carbon, chlorophyll, and other related physical and chemical parameters in the natural Lagoon of Capo Peloro (Eastern Sicily), to deepen the knowledge on the carbon equilibrium of these transitional basins. Collected data showed different trends for all parameters, mainly related to different seasons and water exchanges with sea. The influences of primary production sources and farmed molluscs were not negligible and deserve to be further investigated in the future. The results obtained reveal good margins for the possibility of environmentally sustainable exploitation of natural resources in both basins, but at the same time, there is a need for a more detailed knowledge of anthropogenic impacts on the area. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Spatio-Temporal Patterns in Coastal Lagoons Biodiversity: Linking Complexity and Ecosystem Properties)
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Dealing with the Understanding of the Dynamics Related to Multifactorial Temporal Interactions That Spatially Affect the Landscape of Coastal Lagoons
by Ana I. Casarrubias-Jaimez, Ana Laura Juárez-López, Efraín Tovar-Sánchez, José Luis Rosas-Acevedo, Maximino Reyes-Umaña, América Libertad Rodríguez-Herrera and Fernando Ramos-Quintana
Water 2021, 13(15), 2099; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/w13152099 - 31 Jul 2021
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Models based on multifactorial interactions are needed to deal with the dynamics taking place in the eutrophication processes of coastal lagoons. However, as the number of indirect drivers stemming from anthropogenic factors increases, temporal disorders between anthropogenic activities may increase, thus hindering the [...] Read more.
Models based on multifactorial interactions are needed to deal with the dynamics taking place in the eutrophication processes of coastal lagoons. However, as the number of indirect drivers stemming from anthropogenic factors increases, temporal disorders between anthropogenic activities may increase, thus hindering the understanding of their dynamics. We have built multifactorial pathways to deal with the dynamics associated with the cultural eutrophication process of a coastal lagoon. The pathways guided the identification of potential temporal disorder patterns between anthropogenic activities, which may exert influence on the disturbances associated with eutrophication process. The identification of temporal disorder patterns derived from anthropogenic activities belonging to different pathways resulted in a valuable form of support for analyzing and evaluating relationships between public policies, technological skills and environmental culture programs. All of which exert influence on the eutrophication process, which in turn cause changes on the trophic state and on the landscape of the coastal lagoon. Pathways composed of multifactorial interactions that take into account spatial and temporal aspects, contribute to improving the understanding of the inherent dynamics of the eutrophication process of coastal lagoons. Temporal disorders between anthropogenic activities may be seen to emerge, thus exerting changes on the trophic state and spatial damage on the landscapes of coastal lagoons. Full article
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