Genetic Changes in Aquatic Organisms in Environment Adaption Process

Dear Colleagues,

The interactive effects between the environment around aquatic organisms and aquatic species themselves contribute to environmentally friendly fisheries and aquaculture with better production efficiency, which not only refers to culture technology, breeding in aquaculture, and aquatic ecosystems, but it also contributes towards keeping humans healthy.

This Special Issue, “Genetic Changes in Aquatic Organisms in Environment Adaption Process”, has been constructed in response to the focus on interactions between environmental variables and genetic changes in aquatic organisms from molecules to communities using multidisciplinary approaches (such as molecular biology, statistics, and artificial intelligence). We aim for the studies published within this Special Issue to contribute towards the response of organisms’ genetic changes to the local or changed environment, variations in the organisms’ environment, and the dynamic changes within these processes. In fact, aquatic species can be estimated by their single genetic structure or performance under different environments and by combining them. In addition, whether the negative consequences for aquatic species in response to the effects of contaminant in fisheries and aquaculture can be transited from their parents or not provides new insight into food safety and will help farmers understand how to reduce this transition. At the same time, the impact of harmful substances on aquatic animal physiology is also receiving increased attention.

In order to explore these aspects, we welcome the submission of articles focused on searching for the relationship among environmental variables, genetic population diversity, models between the changes in genetic structures and environmental variables, and the mechanisms transited among different generations involved in the adaptation to environmental stressors in fishery and aquaculture organisms. Furthermore, we encourage reviews and original research focused on monitoring and preventing potential risks around and on the identification of bioactive substances.

Dr. Fan Yu
Dr. Shengyan Su
Guest Editors

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• genetic structure
• environment
• aquatic species
• population
• epigenetics
• interaction