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Reproductive Physiology and Genetics in Aquatic Animals
edited by Rafæl Campos-Ramos
submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1034 | Submission Open
Keywords: aquatic animals; reproduction; endocrinology; physiology; genetics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Fish Nutrition, Physiology and Management: Second Edition submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4211 | Submission Open
Keywords: fish; aquaculture; production; physiology; sustainable production
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Lipid-Based Nanoparticles for Sustainable Aquaculture submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3205 | Submission Open
Keywords: aquaculture; plant extracts; bioactive compounds; nanodelivery systems; lipid-based nanoparticles; feed additives; nutrition; disease resistance; mechanisms
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Hormonal Control of Fish Reproduction: Insights From Molecular Endocrinology submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 499 | Submission Open
Keywords: gonadotropin-releasing hormones; gonadotropins; sex steroids (testosterone; estradiol); inhibin; kisspep-tins; neuropeptides; steroidogenesis; aquaporins; gene expression; miRNAs; epigenetics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Fish and Fisheries Under Ecosystem Changes
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 425 | Submission Open
Keywords: fish biodiversity; fisheries management; ecosystem changes; climate change impacts; invasive species genetics; aquatic ecosystems; sustainable fisheries; habitat degradation; species competition; adaptive management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Polluted Environments: Effects of Chemicals and Mixtures on Fish Physiology and Biochemistry submission deadline 12 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1504 | Submission Open
Keywords: fish; aquatic animals; environmental risk; ecotoxicology; physiological responses; climate change; chemical contamination
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Ecophysiology for Sustainable Crustacean Aquaculture
edited by Mariel Gullian-Klanian
submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 325 | Submission Open
Keywords: ecophysiology; environmental stressors; health and welfare biomarkers; immunophysiology; water quality management; climate resilience; omics and modelling approaches
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Developments in Environmental Physiology, Nutrition Physiology, and Immunity Mechanisms of Aquatic Animals
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2688 | Submission Open
Keywords: environment; nutrition; immunity; physiology; aquatic animals
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Innovations in Aquaculture: New Technologies, Culture Systems and Integration of Emerging Species
edited by Adolfo Jatobá and Bruno Silva
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 11 articles | Viewed by 24282 | Submission Open
Keywords: integrated multitrophic aquaculture; biofloc technology; aquaponics; aquaculture recirculation system; new species
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Optimizing Farm-Raised Fish Production: Nutritional Requirements, Precision Feed Formulations, Sustainable Feeding Strategies, and Health and Welfare
edited by and Ehab El-Haroun
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9993 | Submission Open
Keywords: fish nutritional requirements; feed formulation; functional feed additives; immuno-nutrition; gene expression; gut integrity; microbiome; disease resistance; welfare
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Advancing Sustainable Aquaculture: Enhancing Production Methods, Innovating Feeds, Promoting Animal Welfare and Minimizing Environmental Impact—2nd Edition submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5233 | Submission Open
Keywords: functional feed additives; fish feed innovation; aquaculture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Advances in Fish Toxicology and Pharmacology
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2211 | Submission Open
Keywords: contamination; fish; medaka; pharmacology; toxicology; zebrafish
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Aquatic Animal Medicine and Pathology 2nd Edition: Host–Pathogen Interactions submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1350 | Submission Open
Keywords: aquatic animals; aquaculture; aquaria; wild communities; host– pathogen crosstalk; global warming; epidemiological models; health monitoring; omics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Bacterial and Viral Diseases in Aquatic Animals: Second Edition
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 689 | Submission Open
Keywords: aquatic animals; bacterial diseases; viral diseases; pathogenesis; epidemiology; pathology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Fish Diseases and Healthy Farming
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4487 | Submission Open
Keywords: fish diseases; pathogenesis; virulence factors; fishery drugs; drug discovery; antibiotics; vaccines; probiotics; immunology; antimicrobial resistance; disease prevention; healthy farming; sustainable aquaculture; genomics & disease-resistant breeding
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Ecology of Aquatic Crustaceans: Crabs, Shrimps and Lobsters
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3902 | Submission Open
Keywords: crustaceans; environmental stress; eco-physiology; biochemistry; pollutants; healthy aquaculture; adaptive mechanisms
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Physiological Responses of Fishes to Nutrition Management and Environmental Stresses—Second Edition submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3571 | Submission Open
Keywords: environmental stress; aquaculture; stress resistance; feed composition; feed additives; fish physiology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Morphological, Immunohistochemical, and Molecular Advances in Fish Skin 3.0
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3201 | Submission Open
Keywords: skin; teleosts; skin appendages; glands; light organs; morphology; ultrastructure; molecular advances
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
New Nutritional Strategies for Inducing Growth and Controlling Diseases in Aquaculture
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2069 | Submission Open
Keywords: functional nutrition; bioactive compounds; probiotics; prebiotics and phytobiotics; nutrigenomics; epigenetic; antimicrobial compounds
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Molecular Genetics in Aquaculture: Practical Applications for Sustainable Production
edited by Ming Wen, Yuqin Shu and Shi Wang
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1654 | Submission Open
Keywords: genomic selection; disease resistance; gene editing; sustainable aquaculture; broodstock development; climate resilience; feed efficiency; sex control; multi-omics; molecular breeding
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Fish Reproductive Biology in a Changing Environment submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 278 | Submission Open
Keywords: fish reproduction; climate change impacts; anthropogenic stressors; environmental change; reproductive ecology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Aquatic Organisms Biomarkers in Toxicology: Assessing Exposure and Effects
edited by and Camila de Fátima Pereira de Faria
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2497 | Submission Open
Keywords: fish biomarkers; aquatic toxicology; chemical exposure; environmental monitoring; ecotoxicology; biological indicators
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Advances in Fish Immunology: Novel Strategies for Disease Prevention submission deadline 16 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 842 | Submission Open
Keywords: fish immunology; innate and adaptive immunology; mucosal immunology; host-pathogen interactions; vaccines; probiotics; postbiotics; medicinal plants
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Enhancing Aquatic Animal Health Through Feed Additives
edited by Lourenço Ramos-Pinto, Marina Machado and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 19975 | Submission Open
Keywords: functional feeds; aquaculture; fish and shrimp health; disease resistance; immune response
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Fish Cognition and Behaviour
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 6323 | Submission Open
Keywords: cognitive processes; behavioral adaptations; social behavior; neurobiological foundations; fish ethology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Developmental Genetics of Adaptation in Aquatic Animals
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4043 | Submission Open
Keywords: developmental genetics; environmental stress; aquatic animals; GWAS; transcriptome; gene regulation; phenotypic plasticity; SNPs
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Environmental Influence in Physiological, Endocrine and Oxidative Stress Responses in Fish
edited by Claire E. Couch
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2263 | Submission Open
Keywords: fish health; stress; physiology; fitness; environmental change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Integrative Approaches to Health, Physiology, and Disease Management in Aquatic Species submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 324 | Submission Open
Keywords: aquatic animal health; fish physiology; disease management; nutrition and immunity; sustainable aquaculture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Application of Multi-Omics Analysis to Fish Nutrition, Health and Welfare
edited by Jin Xu
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 303 | Submission Open
Keywords: multi-omics; aquaculture; fish nutrition; environmental stress; reproduction; animal welfare; systems biology; gut microbiota
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Integrative Stress Physiology and Toxicological Responses of Aquatic Organisms to Emerging Contaminants
edited by and Shan Chen
submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 296 | Submission Open
Keywords: emerging contaminants; aquatic organisms; integrative stress physiology; toxicological responses; growth impairment; behavioral disruption; aquatic animal welfare; molecular ecotoxicology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Genomics, Evolution, and Biodiversity of Fishes
edited by Zhaofang Han
submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 827 | Submission Open
Keywords: fish biodiversity conservation; functional traits; phylogenetic relationship; adaptive radiation; genomics; adaptive evolutionary mechanisms; extreme environments
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
The Invasive Blue Crab: Implications for Fisheries, Aquaculture and One Health Perspective submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8384 | Submission Open
Keywords: Callinectes sapidus; animal health; invasive alien species; biodiversity; habitat structures; ecosystem services; animal genetics; environmental pollution
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Environmental Adaptation and Metabolic Regulation in Aquatic Animals
edited by Fan Yu and Shengyan Su
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3128 | Submission Open
Keywords: aquaculture; health; growth; reproduction; environment stressor; metabolic regulation; physiology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Emerging Environmental Challenges: Impacts of Multiple Stressors on Aquatic Fauna
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 761 | Submission Open
Keywords: multiple stressors; environmental pressures; novel pollutants; ecotoxicology; aquatic biodiversity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Applications of Probiotics in Aquaculture
edited by
submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1125 | Submission Open
Keywords: aquaculture sustainability; synbiotics; postbiotics; quorum quenching; immunomodulation; microencapsulation; functional feed; gut microbiota; multi-omics; disease resistance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Microplastics in Aquatic Animals: Investigating Ingestion, Accumulation, and Health Effects
edited by
submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 616 | Submission Open
Keywords: microplastic contamination; microplastic pollution; aquatic animals' health; aquatic ecosystems; ingestion pathways; bioaccumulation dynamics; toxicological impacts; trophic transfer; bioremediation; ecosystem resilience
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Feed Additives and Functional Ingredients for Aquaculture Health and Performance submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2247 | Submission Open
Keywords: feed additives; functional ingredients; probiotics and prebiotics; bioactive peptides; aquatic health and immunity; sustainable aquaculture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Environmental Pollutant Effects on the Physiological and Immune Functions of Aquatic Animals: Second Edition
edited by and Liqiang Zhao
submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 650 | Submission Open
Keywords: aquatic animals; environmental pollutants; stress response; physiological functions; immune
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Additives in Fish Stress: Comparative Endocrine and Physiological Responses
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10441 | Submission Open
Keywords: environmental stress; physiological response; fishes; adaptive mechanism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Fish Gut Microbiota and Host Health: Current Advances and Emerging Frontiers
edited by , Estefania Garibay-Valdez and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5300 | Submission Open
Keywords: gut microbiome; intestinal immunity; growth performance; intestinal health; immune response; oxidative stress
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Phylogeography, Speciation, and Molecular Evolution in Freshwater Aquatic Fauna
edited by and Sebastien Bernard Francis Lavoué
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1712 | Submission Open
Keywords: biogeography; freshwater biodiversity; population genomics; molecular systematics; cryptic spe-cies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Molecular Pathways of Fish Immune Responses
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 394 | Submission Open
Keywords: aquaculture; fish; disease; immune; molecular mechanisms
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Behavioral Mechanisms in Aquatic Animals: Advances in Aquaculture and Breeding
edited by and Tingting Lin
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 317 | Submission Open
Keywords: aquatic animal; animal behavior; aquaculture; behavioral mechanism; breeding; sustainable production; animal welfare
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Microbial Communities and Host Immunity for Resilient and Sustainable Aquaculture submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 235 | Submission Open
Keywords: aquaculture; microbiome; probiotics; functional feeds; host immunity; disease; shrimp; fish; shellfish
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Biotechnological Applications for Sustainable Aquatic Animal Production submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 191 | Submission Open
Keywords: aquatic animal production; aquaculture biotechnology; genomics; molecular biology; health management; functional feeds; precision aquaculture; sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Smart Nutrition as a Driver of Sustainable, Resilient, and Circular Aquaculture
edited by M.Angeles Gallardo Romero and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 134 | Submission Open
Keywords: nutrition; bioactive compounds; prebiotics and probiotics; sustainability; waste valorization; by-products; circular economy; resilience; welfare; abiotic stressors
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Morphological and Physiological Research on Fish: Second Edition submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11285 | Submission Open
Keywords: fish; anatomy; basic research; physiology; aquaculture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Research on Fish Population Dynamics
edited by and Xiujuan Shan
submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2054 | Submission Open
Keywords: fish population dynamics; stock assessment; recruitment; mortality; fisheries modeling; sustainable management; spatial population ecology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Redefining Aquaculture Nutrition: Innovations in Novel Ingredients, Functional Feeds, and Precision Feeding submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 421 | Submission Open
Keywords: aquaculture nutrition; novel and sustainable feed ingredients; functional feeds and bioactive com-pounds; probiotics; prebiotics and synbiotics; mechanisms of action; precision nutrition and feeding; fish health and immunity; feed efficiency; digital technologies in aquaculture; sustainable aquaculture systems.
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Sustainable Aquaculture: A Functional Genomic Perspective
edited by Robert Mukiibi and
submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2346 | Submission Open
Keywords: transcriptomics; epigenomics; genomics; genomic selection; proteomics; metabolomics; GWAS; molecular-QTLs; sustainable aquaculture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
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