Freshwater Mycology: Perspectives of Fungal Dynamics in Freshwater Ecosystems

Freshwater Mycology: Perspectives of Fungal Dynamics in Freshwater  Ecosystems presents chapters from expert contributors around the world.  Through the contributed chapters, the contributors explore the  perspectives of fungal dynamics in freshwater ecosystems, especially  their diversity, distribution, functioning and role, biotransformation  and bioprospecting potential, methodical advancements and metagenomic  insights. Written with aquatic ecologists in mind, this book provides  information on oceanic, estuarine and freshwater ecosystems not  currently well understood and identifies new questions and answers about  the roles of mycology in aquatic ecosystems.

This topic is  becoming an increasingly important area to understand due to the  increasing global transports of microbes due to climate change and human  actions. This is leading to a rapid loss of healthy freshwater  ecosystems, the grave problem of antibiotic resistance, and the rarity  of qualified mycology taxonomists and molecular systematicians.