An aquatic ecosystem is a community of interacting organisms together with the physical and chemical environment of a body of water, encompassing the plants, animals, and microorganisms that live in and depend on freshwater or marine settings. Aquatic ecosystems include rivers, lakes, wetlands, estuaries, and oceans…
An aquatic ecosystem is a community of interacting organisms together with the physical and chemical environment of a body of water, encompassing the plants, animals, and microorganisms that live in and depend on freshwater or marine settings. Aquatic ecosystems include rivers, lakes, wetlands, estuaries, and oceans, and they support a great diversity of life while providing essential services such as water purification, climate regulation, and food resources. The structure and health of these systems depend on factors such as water quality, nutrient cycling, oxygen levels, and the interactions among species across food webs. Human activities, including pollution, agricultural runoff, and the introduction of toxic substances, can disrupt these delicate balances and threaten the organisms within them. Research published in this journal relevant to aquatic ecosystems includes studies on the toxicity of agricultural chemicals to freshwater fish such as the African catfish, the impact of agricultural land use on water quality in a wetland, assessments of river water quality, and ecosystem-based approaches to fisheries management, all of which examine how aquatic communities respond to environmental pressures. As an open-access journal devoted to Plant and Animal Ecology, this publication addresses organisms and their interactions with the environment. This page collects peer-reviewed scholarship relevant to aquatic ecosystems and their conservation.
12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.
The 12 articles above have been cited 82 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.
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