Advances in Eurasia Fish Diversity and Conservation
A special issue of Fishes (ISSN 2410-3888).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 200
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Eurasia is the largest continental area on Earth, comprising all of Europe and Asia, primarily located in the Northern and Eastern Hemispheres. It holds very diverse marine, brackish, and freshwater fishes with a high proportion of endemic species especially in several biodiversity hotspots located in this continental area. New field expeditions, new techniques (DNA barcoding, metabarcoding, eDNA), and new species concepts have increased our understanding of this exceptional biodiversity. However, this huge ichthyodiversity is facing several natural and anthropological threats. The global climate warming, human population growth, introduction of exotic species, habitat disturbances, and overfishing have affected the three main elements of fish biodiversity (gene diversity, species diversity, and ecosystem diversity), changing the phylogenetic and functional diversity and distribution pattern of fishes.
This Special Issue has a relatively broad scope and solicits articles that address advances in Eurasia Fish Diversity and Conservation and aims to collate and publish manuscripts (original research articles and reviews) focusing on the improvement of fish biodiversity scientific knowledge in Eurasia, including 1) any new knowledge regarding the systematics, phylogeny, and phylogeography of Eurasia fishes, 2) any advances in the genetic, species, and ecosystem diversity of Eurasian fishes, 3) past, present, and future status of fishes in biodiversity hotspots in Eurasia, 4) fish distribution modeling and habitat suitability index, 5) fish biodiversity and fisheries activates, 6) native and anthropological threats to fish biodiversity including climate change, habitat destruction, introduction of exotic species, pollutions, 7) any progress or achievements on in situ/ex situ conservation strategies and management, and 8) progress in breeding and genetic management of captive populations.
Prof. Dr. Hamid Reza Esmaeili
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- marine fishes
- inland fishes
- species diversity
- genetic diversity
- DNA barcoding
- environmental DNA
- climate change and fish diversity
- threatened fishes
- phylogeography
- hotspots and fish diversity
- conservation and management
- fish distribution modeling
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