Environmental Influence in Physiological, Endocrine and Oxidative Stress Responses in Fish
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Aquatic Animals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 18
Special Issue Editor
Interests: salmonid disease; microbiomes; gene expression; environmental factors; fish health and behavior; dams; reservoirs; Pacific salmon disease; population recovery; pre-spawning mortality; ecological and social drivers and consequences of fish health
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Across the globe, aquatic environments are rapidly changing and altering the landscape of stressors experienced by fish and other aquatic animals. Changes include alterations to thermal and flow regimes, habitat fragmentation, nutrient loading and eutrophication, plastic pollution, ocean acidification, altered species distributions, increased aquaculture production, and many other trends that are directly or indirectly caused by humans. Understanding how fish respond to stressors at the molecular and physiological levels is critical to understanding and predicting population-level responses to environmental change.
In this Special Issue, we invite original research and review articles that evaluate environmental effects on the stress responses of fish, including physiological, endocrine, and oxidative stress responses. We especially welcome articles that link environmental stressors and stress responses with disease susceptibility, growth, reproductive success, or other fitness outcomes. Submitted research may include controlled experiments or observational studies conducted in laboratories, aquaculture facilities, or natural environments.
Dr. Claire E. Couch
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- fish health
- stress
- physiology
- fitness
- environmental change
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