Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Ecosystem

An ecosystem is a functional unit of nature comprising the community of living organisms in a given area together with the non-living physical environment with which they interact through flows of energy and cycles of matter. It encompasses producers, consumers, and decomposers linked in food webs, and it is structu…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 72× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2691-3208 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

An ecosystem is a functional unit of nature comprising the community of living organisms in a given area together with the non-living physical environment with which they interact through flows of energy and cycles of matter. It encompasses producers, consumers, and decomposers linked in food webs, and it is structured by abiotic factors such as water, nutrients, light, and climate. Ecosystems range from terrestrial to freshwater and marine systems and are studied to understand productivity, stability, and the services they provide. Research relevant to this area examines aquatic and other ecosystems and the pressures acting upon them: ecosystem-based management of fisheries, including Antarctic krill and its role in supporting predators within the pelagic food web, and the use of organisms such as freshwater bivalves as bioindicators of pollution. Allied work addresses insect biodiversity and species richness in lake and semi-arid systems, the impact of agricultural land use and leachate on water quality, and the toxicity of pollutants to aquatic organisms. Conservation and migration dynamics of wildlife are also represented. Across these strands, scholarship on ecosystems seeks to understand how biological communities and their environments interact, how human activity alters ecosystem structure and function, and how monitoring, management, and conservation can sustain ecological integrity and the benefits ecosystems provide.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 72 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Ecosystem, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in International Journal of Limnology (ISSN 2691-3208).

Journal editorial board
Anna Maria Gozdziejewska · Poland

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