Naslov
Introduction to the Special Issue “Aquatic Insects: Biodiversity, Ecology, and Conservation Challenges”

Autori
Vilenica, Marina ; Vuataz, Laurent ; Yanai, Zohar

Izvornik
Diversity (1424-2818) 14 (2022), 7; 573, 4

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, pregledni rad, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Aquatic insects ; Diversity journal

Sažetak
The current Special Issue addresses all aspects of biodiversity of aquatic insects, including taxonomic diversity and phylogeny, distribution patterns, and community ecology. In addition to increasing fundamental knowledge, such data are crucial for understanding the importance of anthropogenic disturbances and mitigating their unknown impacts. In a context of rapid global biodiversity loss, encouraging signals, such as the upward trend in the abundance of freshwater insects in some regions, have recently been detected. Past efforts to improve water quality and restore habitats, which most probably explain part of this positive trend, should motivate the scientific community to become even more involved in describing, understanding, and protecting freshwater ecosystems in the future. Most of the important insect orders with aquatic representatives are represented in this Special Issue. Geographically speaking, the papers published here represent almost all continents and almost all biogeographical realms.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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