Emerging Environmental Challenges: Impacts of Multiple Stressors on Aquatic Fauna
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Aquatic Animals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 673
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Interests: microplastics; nanoplastics; health risk; pathogen; fish; shrimps; immunity
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Dear Colleagues,
Aquatic ecosystems are increasingly subjected to a complex array of emerging environmental pressures, including climate change, novel pollutants, habitat degradation, and altered hydrological regimes. These stressors rarely act in isolation; their combined, synergistic, or antagonistic effects pose a profound and escalating threat to aquatic fauna. This Special Issue seeks to compile cutting-edge research that elucidates the multifaceted impacts of multiple stressors on fish, invertebrates, and other aquatic animals. We welcome submissions that employ integrative approaches—from molecular and physiological mechanisms to behavioral, population-, and community-level responses. Studies may address topics such as the interactive effects of warming and contaminants, the cumulative impact of multiple pollutants, the role of environmental stress in disease emergence, or the limits of ecological resilience and adaptive capacity. We encourage contributions from diverse fields including ecotoxicology, conservation physiology, ecological modeling, and environmental risk assessment. By synthesizing knowledge on this critical theme, this Special Issue aims to advance predictive understanding and inform effective management strategies for safeguarding aquatic biodiversity in a rapidly changing world.
Dr. Muting Yan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- multiple stressors
- environmental pressures
- novel pollutants
- ecotoxicology
- aquatic biodiversity
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