Special Issue "Aquatic Animals and Climate Change: Physiological, Genetic, Genomic, Cellular and Immunological Adaptations"

A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Aquatic Animals".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2021.

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Ioannis A. Giantsis
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Guest Editor
Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Western Macedonia, Florina, Greece
Interests: molecular genetics; population biology; molecular identification; animal pathogens; molecular physiology; symbiotic microbiota; molecular markers; phylogeny; gene expression; animal science
Dr. Costas Batargias
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Guest Editor
Department of Animal Production, Fisheries & Aquaculture, School of Agricultural Sciences, University of Patras, Messolonghi, Greece
Interests: quantitative genetics; population genetics; molecular identification and biodiversity; fish breeding programs; QTL; gene mapping; genomic selection
Dr. Konstantinos Feidantsis
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Guest Editor
1. Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Department of Zoology, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 541 24 Thessaloniki, Greece
2. Department of Ichthyology and Aquatic Environment, University of Thessaly, 38445, Nea Ionia, Volos, Greece
Interests: animal physiology; cell physiology; comparative physiology; environmental physiology; cell signaling; climate change; bioindicators

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The term, climate change, refers to any shift in climatic conditions over a certain time period, either on account of natural causes or due to anthropogenic impacts. Although the climate has never been stable, the ongoing extreme differentiations in meteorological conditions observed during the recent decades, attributed to anthropogenic, industrial and agriculture practices, threaten the different ecosystems at all levels of their organization. Among the various biological systems, marine and freshwater habitats are particularly vulnerable to climate change effects, whereas their inhabitants are influenced by the increased seawater temperature, parallel increase in dissolved CO2, and decreased levels of dissolved oxygen, resulting in heat and oxidative stress, respectively.

Original manuscripts, including both research papers and review articles, that address all biological aspects of marine and freshwater animal species related to climate change are invited to be considered for publication in this Special Issue. Aquatic animals may refer to both wild and cultured invertebrates and vertebrates, such as bivalves, decapods, arthropods, fish, or mammals. More particularly, the aims of this Special Issue include, but are not restricted to, the evaluation of the effects of global warming, seawater temperature increase and ocean acidification on all levels of biological organization of aquatic animals by estimating their molecular, cellular, immunological, physiological and behavioral responses.

Dr. Ioannis A. Giantsis
Dr. Costas Batargias
Dr. Konstantinos Feidantsis
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Animals is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1800 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • climate change
  • heat stress
  • oxidative stress
  • population biology
  • gene expression
  • molecular response
  • freshwater animals
  • marine biology
  • aquaculture

Published Papers

This special issue is now open for submission.
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