Fish Physiology in the Face of Climate Change: Stress, Survival, and Adaptation Strategies
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Aquatic Animals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2026 | Viewed by 136
Special Issue Editor
Interests: ecophysiology; stress and welfare; aquaculture; physiological performance; medicinal plants and health in fish; pathophysiology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Climate change is having a significant impact on aquatic ecosystems and, consequently, affecting fish physiology. Rising water temperatures and ocean acidification are essential topics in multidisciplinary research. Related advances will contribute to a better understanding of the effects of these processes on the biological performance of different fish species. This Special Issue, entitled “Fish Physiology in the Face of Climate Change: Stress, Survival, and Adaptation Strategies,” aims to bring together high-quality research on ecophysiological aspects, stress, growth, and physiological plasticity.
Topics of interest are as follows:
- Growth and survival, thermoregulatory behavior, acid-base balance, respiration, and the immune system.
- Stress and adaptation: Exploring genomic and physiological responses to abiotic stressors (temperature and pH).
- Behavior: optimum temperature, tolerance and thermal resistance, thermal windows.
- Indicators of health and welfare: cortisol and glucose levels, heat shock proteins (HSPs), abnormal swimming patterns, social behavior, and physical and morphological indicators.
Further, we welcome contributions that employ approaches from the omics sciences to understand how organisms respond, adapt, or succumb to environmental disturbances.
Dr. Mónica Hernández-Rodríguez
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- ecophysiology
- physiological stress
- temperature
- acidification
- physiological plasticity
- thermoregulatory behavior
- immune system and functional genomics
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