New, old and evergreen frontiers in freshwater phytoplankton ecology: the legacy of Colin S. Reynolds
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COLIN S. REYNOLDS’ LEGACY
New, old and evergreen frontiers in freshwater phytoplankton ecology: the legacy of Colin S. Reynolds Luigi Naselli-Flores
. Martin T. Dokulil
. J. Alex Elliott . Judit Padisa´k
Received: 4 August 2020 / Revised: 4 August 2020 / Accepted: 10 August 2020 Ó Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Abstract This paper offers a brief overview of the contributions provided by widely recognised phytoplankton ecologists to honour the memory of an undisputed leader in the field of aquatic sciences: Colin S. Reynolds. Colin passed away quite unexpectedly in December 2018 causing a wave of sorrow that rapidly circulated among friends and colleagues all over the world. The 14 review papers collected in this Special Issue form a tribute to Colin’s scientific thinking, which survives the man and represents a Guest editors: Judit Padisa´k, J. Alex Elliott, Martin T. Dokulil & Luigi Naselli-Flores / New, old and evergreen frontiers in freshwater phytoplankton ecology: the legacy of Colin S. Reynolds
legacy to all the scientists in the field, especially to young generations. Although authors and editors carefully selected 14 different topics, a certain degree of overlap exists among the collected contributions. This, far from being a limit, further underlines the holistic nature of Colin’s vision about phytoplankton and shows the need to develop a comprehensive cultural framework when analysing this complex ecological group of organisms. Keywords Phytoplankton Colin S. Reynolds Aquatic ecology Holistic approach
Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-020-04386-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. L. Naselli-Flores (&) Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (STEBICEF), University of Palermo, Via Archirafi, 28, 90123 Palermo, Italy e-mail: [email protected]
J. A. Elliott Lake Ecosystem Group, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Lancaster, Library Avenue, Bailrigg, Lancashire LA1 4AP, UK e-mail: [email protected]
M. T. Dokulil Research Department for Limnology Mondsee, University of Innsbruck, Mondseestrasse 9, 5310 Mondsee, Austria e-mail: [email protected]
J. Padisa´k Department of Limnology, University of Pannonia, Egyetem u. 10, Veszpre´m 8200, Hungary e-mail: [email protected]
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in an egalitarian way; this attitude, especially when coming from a recognised and famous scientist, can be immensely attractive and rewarding for all researchers, especially those at the beginning of their scientific career. To fight against the strong deprivation feeling arising from his demise, several phytoplankton ecologists felt the need to commemorate their friend. Their reaction produced this volume: a collection of 14 review papers dedicated to Colin Reynolds and rooted on his holistic approach to phytoplankton ecology (see Reynolds, 1984a, 1997, 2006). As Colin wrote in the editorial
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