Effect of Aquatic Environment on Fish Ecology II
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 July 2024) | Viewed by 5564
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Interests: fish ecophysiology; environmental stress; fish growth; freshwater aquaculture; fish ecology
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Dear Colleagues,
Fish living in water exhibit magnificent life legends on the blue planet. Aquatic environments in oceans, rivers, lakes, and ponds provide the conditions for fish survival, growth, and reproduction. Natural events and anthropogenic activities, such as climate change, water construction projects, and water pollution, are changing the aquatic environment, and fish must adapt to this changing environment. Alterations in the early life history, growth, and reproduction strategies, the population size, community structure, and function, and other fish-related ecological issues, have occurred in fish in the recent decades.
Scientists are trying to elucidate the mechanism of the ecological adaptation of fish to the aquatic environment. Modern techniques and methods have been developed to study how fish interact with their environment in a wide range of aquatic habitats and artificial water bodies. Fish can modify their organs’ structure and functions in response to the water’s physicochemical environment, change their reproduction strategy for population sustainability, and adjust their behavior and growth patterns in response to environmental change. However, if the environment changes are beyond the physiological tolerance of the fish, they cannot re-establish homeostasis, which eventually causes fish death, thus altering the aquatic community structure and affecting fish farming.
With this Special Issue of Water, we offer a platform for the publication of innovative and original articles and reviews regarding the effect of the aquatic environment on fish ecology. The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to the following: the effect of different environmental factors on fish development, growth, and reproduction; studies modeling environmental impacts on fish population and culture; the responses of fish to water pollution; the mechanisms of fish adaptation to environmental stress; and the ecological changes in fish that are cultured in freshwater and seawater. By quantifying and describing the functional relationships between fish and the aquatic environment, this will lead to better management of fish farming and better conservation strategies for fish species, populations, and communities, thus leading to a more sustainable aquatic food supply.
Prof. Dr. Dapeng Li
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- fish ecology
- fish growth
- physiological ecology
- fish behavior
- water pollution
- ocean acidification
- eutrophication
- environmental stress
- population dynamics
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