The Diversity and Impacts of Alien Invasive Fish Species across Various Aquatic Habitats
A special issue of Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Diversity".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2021) | Viewed by 314
Special Issue Editor
Interests: marine and freshwater ichthyology; taxonomy; systematics; species delimitation; phylogenetics; phylogeography; population genetics; evolution; biological invasion processes; fisheries regulation processes; marine and aquatic monitoring projects
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Biological invasion is known to constitute one of the most detrimental phenomena for global biodiversity, responsible for various impacts such as local extirpation events, enhanced competition with indigenous biota, transfer of new pathogens, and more. These impacts, in turn, include both direct impacts on ecosystem function and human wellbeing, and indirect impacts that are derived from response actions that are taken to mitigate the invasion process.
The aquatic realm is no exception in its sensitivity to biological invasions, and there are many known examples of such impacts across all taxa and ecosystems.
Whether in marine or freshwater ecosystems, the impacts of invasion biology include alterations in species diversity and habitat characteristics, damage to manmade infrastructure and aquaculture facilities, and negative influences on other aquatic sectors, such as water transportation passages and touristic sites.
In this Special Issue, we focus on fish invasion studies and invite authors to provide updated insights into the diversity and impacts of alien invasive fish species across all aquatic habitats. Studies in this Special Issue will focus particularly on, but not be limited to, the impacts of alien fish species at the community level, their interactions in the invaded habitat, and possible actions to be taken for prevention or mitigation in order to preserve local diversity.
Dr. Nir Stern
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- invasion biology
- fish diversity
- anthropogenic impacts
- aquatic ecology
- aquatic conservation
- fisheries economy
- aquatic biodiversity
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