Marine Species on the Move
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 February 2021) | Viewed by 9211
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Movement characterizes life in marine ecosystems. Currents, tides, and waves keep the ocean’s inhabitants in seemingly constant motion. Long-distance migrations are a common trait, with taxa as diverse as sharks, eels, sea turtles, birds, and whales possessing a suite of adaptations that allow them to swim with remarkable precision between foraging and reproductive areas. No less remarkable are those organisms that travel similar distances without any guidance mechanisms, such as rafts of floating macroalgae and their associated animal communities. These movements have profound implications for ecological and evolutionary processes as well as how humans interact with this environment. Our ability to manage marine ecosystems and predict responses to environmental and anthropogenic changes is limited in large part by a lack of understanding of the mechanisms of marine organismal movement. This Special Issue, “Marine Species on the Move”, will coalesce research on the mechanisms of marine species movement (e.g., fluid dynamics, biomechanics, physiology, sensory biology, and species interactions) and the implications of those movements (e.g., biogeographic patterns, genetic structure of populations, population dynamics, fisheries management, and conservation).
Papers on all taxa and all approaches for studying organismal movements and the implications of those movements will be considered. Papers investigating ocean dynamics and the changing conditions marine organisms experience (at any range of temporal and spatial scale) are particularly welcome. Article types for this issue may include research articles, reviews, methods papers, meta-analyses, and perspective pieces.
Dr. Nathan F. Putman
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Movement ecology
- Migration
- Community ecology
- Conservation biology
- Ecosystem models
- Fisheries management
- Physical oceanography
- Remote sensing
- Telemetry
