Vantage Points in the Morphology of Aquatic Organisms
A special issue of Fishes (ISSN 2410-3888). This special issue belongs to the section "Biology and Ecology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 5 December 2025 | Viewed by 244
Special Issue Editor
Interests: vertebrate morphology; comparative anatomy; birds; fish; crocodylians; bats; myology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
A vantage point is a significant location or position from which the status and evolution of a field of interest can be viewed and interpreted. A detailed study of a specific morphological subject can provide data for a number of different approaches in vertebrate biology. Some examples are shown below:
- Development of characters for phylogenetic analysis, sometimes together with molecular phylogeny.
- Gaining insight into functions, sometimes combined with various mechanical analyses.
- Studying ecological adaptations.
- Exploring developmental pathways, sometimes combined with gene expression work.
- Integration of several of the above approaches.
Here, we are asking for submissions concerned with key morphological advances that offer a vantage point on the function, ecology, systematics, phylogenetics or development of a group of aquatic organisms.
Within the existing literature, this Special Issue will affirm the ongoing importance of morphology in biological research and may serve as a reference point for the use of morphological data.
Dr. Peter S. Johnston
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- morphology
- palaeontology
- aquatic
- vertebrate
- invertebrate
- fish
- cetacean
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