Conservation of Aquatic Vertebrates: Challenges and Opportunities
A special issue of Biology (ISSN 2079-7737). This special issue belongs to the section "Conservation Biology and Biodiversity".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2021) | Viewed by 6514
Special Issue Editors
Interests: evolutionary ecology; conservation genetics/omics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Overfishing, pollution, habitat fragmentation, and invasive species are among the pressures that humans are imposing on aquatic ecosystems. Freshwater, marine, and estuarine environments provide critical ecosystem services essential for human survival, such as water, food, and carbon sequestration; however, in order to perform their natural function, aquatic ecosystems need to be diverse and resilient. An important part of this diversity is composed of aquatic vertebrates, from the more than 30,000 species of fish, to marine mammals and a broad range of species with varied dependence on aquatic life, but freshwater fish, amphibians, and marine mammals are some of the most endangered species on Earth. Reflecting the diverse nature of aquatic ecosystems and the urgency to protect and conserve their biodiversity, new tools and strategies have quickly been developed in recent decades, including the use of environmental DNA and acoustic methods for monitoring, animal telemetry and modelling approaches to estimate animal movement and energy budgets, and community-based stewardship for sharing local ecological knowledge and data collection. Oceans and freshwater ecosystems are also becoming the target of new funding appeals, such as the EU Green Deal, which aims to tackle climate change and achieve more sustainable economies. This Special Issue welcomes high-quality submissions of original research, perspectives, reviews, or new methods focused on challenges and new opportunities for the conservation and management of aquatic vertebrates, with the aim to provide a multidisciplinary overview of this timely topic.
Please get in touch if you are interested in submitting a manuscript or if you need any further information.
Prof. Dr. Sofia Consuegra
Dr. Chloe Robinson
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- marine and freshwater vertebrates
- anthropomorphic change
- marine and fresh water ecology and conservation
- marine and freshwater conservation genetics(omics)
- monitoring tools
