Behavioral Ecology of Aquatic Animals
A topical collection in Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This collection belongs to the section "Aquatic Animals".
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Dear Colleagues,
Environmental pollution and climate change caused by rapid anthropogenic spread have posed unprecedented risks and challenges to water ecosystems. The various changes in these ecosystems may reshape the behavioral responses of aquatic animals in direct or indirect ways. Therefore, clarifying the underlying patterns of animal responses and their ecological consequences will benefit the protection of diverse water ecosystems.
We are launching a Topical Collection entitled “Behavioral Ecology of Aquatic Animals” devoted to calling for continuous attention on water ecosystems. Studies on aquatic animals including echinoderms, mollusks, crustaceans, and fishes will be collected. This Topical Collection focuses on the basic behaviors of aquatic animals, intraspecific and interspecific interactions between aquatic animals, and how abiotic factors affect aquatic animals. We hope these studies could explore the behavioral mechanisms and their ecological effects at the individual and group level.
Areas of interest include personality, movement, predation, competition, reproductive behavior, communication, social behavior, and habitat selection, among other topics.
Prof. Dr. Fang Wang
Prof. Dr. Shijian Fu
Collection Editors
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Keywords
- personality
- movement
- predation
- competition
- communication
- social behavior
- reproductive behavior
- habitat selection