CLEAN – Soil, Air, Water

Special Issue of CLEAN – Soil, Air, Water in 2012: Wetland Ecology in Asian Countries

edited by
Shao Hong-Bo (Editor: The CAS / Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Process, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Institute for Life Sciences ,Qingdao University of Science& Technology, China)
Cui Bao-Shan (Guest-Editor: State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, China)
Bai Jun-Hong (Guest-Editor: State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, China)

In this special issue “Wetland Ecology in Asian Countries” all aspects of soil ecology, water environment, eco-hydrology, ecological network, soil-water interactions, soil-plant interactions, biodiversity, and others are to be covered. Some possible aspects are as follows:

• Hydrological processes in wetland ecosystems

• Ecological water requirements and water allocation

• Eutrophication of lake wetlands

• Soil ecology in wetlands

• Heavy metal contamination and soil quality in wetlands

• Biogeochemical processes in wetland soils

• Risk assessment of water and soil systems

• Integrated management for water quality and quantity

• Biodiversity conservation in wetland ecosystems

• Ecological network analysis of wetland systems

• Structure and function of wetland ecosystem

The deadline for submission of manuscripts is January 31, 2012 and submissions have to be submitted through the electronic submission system used by CLEAN – Soil, Air, Water.
Original Papers should comprise about 28 000 characters (including spaces) and up to 8 figures or schemes and 6 tables. Review articles should typically not exceed 45 000 characters (including spaces) and up to 15 figures. For details see instructions for authors.

The expected publication date is July 2012.

We would also welcome your reply by email to one of the issue editors (see below) whether you plan to submit a manuscript and if so, to provide a tentative title of your paper and also indicate whether it will be a review article or an original work to your earliest convenience.

We look forward to your response with great interest.

Professor Dr. Shao Hong-Bo (shaohongbochu@126.com),
Professor Dr. Cui Bao-Shan (cuibs@bnu.edu.cn),
Associate Professor Dr. Bai Jun-Hong (junhongbai@163.com)