Impact of Environmental Stress on Reproductive Processes of Aquatic Animals

Dear Colleagues,

We are organising a Special Issue for Fishes focused on the impact of stress on the reproductive processes of aquatic animals. Reproduction determines population productivity and dynamics, influencing aquatic ecosystems’ structure and functioning. Stressors of various natures (pathogens, chemical pollutants, changes in temperature, noise level, fishing intensity, etc.) affect the reproduction of aquatic animals from the physiological to the behavioural level. These stressors act at both the individual and population level and alter the dynamics and functioning of the entire ecosystem. Understanding how stress changes reproductive processes is key to understanding population dynamics and resilience in the context of a changing ocean that is highly influenced by human activities. We welcome submissions of original research, reviews and perspective articles on topics including (but not limited to) the impact of stress on aquatic animals’:

• Reproductive physiology (including energy tradeoffs);
• Reproductive ecology (including behaviour, reproductive potential, reproductive success, senescence, transgenerational effects, etc.);
• Population dynamics and life history (including regime shifts and resilience driven by stress-induced reproductive changes).

Fishes is an international, peer-reviewed, scientific, open access journal published quarterly online by MDPI (Impact factor in 2021: 2.385).

Dr. Rosario Domínguez-Petit
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Fishes is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.