Aquatic Fauna Biodiversity and Conservation
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Aquatic Animals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2023) | Viewed by 15720
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fish diversity; fish biogeography; aquatic ecology; fisheries utilization and conservation; evolution
Interests: fish fauna; biotic integrity; habitat heterogeneity; ecological processes; environmental pollution
Interests: population genomics; phylogenetic genomics; local adaption; species distribution model; marine biodiversity protection
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Biodiversity constitutes a valuable natural resource in economic, cultural, aesthetic, scientific and educational terms. Aquatic ecosystems may well be the most endangered ecosystems in the world, facing the major threats of overexploitation, water pollution, flow modification, destruction or degradation of habitats, invasions by exotic species, climate change, as well as their combined and interacting influences, which have led to the reduction in and shrinking of aquatic biodiversity and populations worldwide. The conservation and management of aquatic systems are critical to the interest of all humans, nations and governments.
This Special Issue is searching for original and novel papers on aquatic fauna, biodiversity, threats and conservation, as well as the policy and management considerations surrounding the ongoing sustenance of aquatic ecosystems within the evolving milieu and context of climate change, offering substantial new insights in any of the aforementioned fields, including original research articles, reviews and communications.
Prof. Dr. Bin Kang
Prof. Dr. Liangliang Huang
Dr. Linlin Zhao
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- species richness
- functional diversity
- phylogenetic diversity
- biological traits
- species distribution
- human activity
- management
- conservation