The Importance of Fish Phenotype in Aquaculture, Fisheries and Conservation

Aquatic ecosystems currently face a diverse range of pressures against the background of climate change and human activities, which bring severe uncertainty to aquaculture sustainability, fishery management, and biodiversity conservation. It is of vital importance to comprehensively elucidate the re...

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description Aquatic ecosystems currently face a diverse range of pressures against the background of climate change and human activities, which bring severe uncertainty to aquaculture sustainability, fishery management, and biodiversity conservation. It is of vital importance to comprehensively elucidate the responses of aquatic organisms to these global changing factors. One of the most critical characteristics animals have in order to cope with such changes is altering their behavioral tactics and physiological processes; however, there seems to be an underestimation of these phenotypic reactions in the contexts of aquaculture, fisheries, and conservation. The issue of how to integrate fish phenotypes into the adaptive management of aquatic ecosystems is one of the crucial topics that has received increasing attention from scientists, decision-makers, and the public in recent years. This Reprint aims to provide an overview of recent advances in the field of fish-phenotype-based adaptive management of aquatic ecosystems. The phenotype comprises the behaviors, morphology, and physiology of a fish. The important roles of phenotype are reflected by (a) applying fish behaviors to evaluate welfare status, (b) developing practical methods to decrease undesired behaviors in the aquaculture context and to improve fish ecological fitness in stock enhancement and conservation projects, and (c) elucidating the dynamics and mechanisms of fish responses to ecological changes. We believe this Reprint will offer readers an updated understanding of the important questions outlined above.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1749052026-04-16T17:17:27Z The Importance of Fish Phenotype in Aquaculture, Fisheries and Conservation Zhang, Zonghang Zhang, Xiumei Aquaculture Fisheries Conservation Biodiversity Phenotype Behavior Physiology Fish welfare Sustainability thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSA Life sciences: general issues::PSAF Ecological science, the Biosphere Aquatic ecosystems currently face a diverse range of pressures against the background of climate change and human activities, which bring severe uncertainty to aquaculture sustainability, fishery management, and biodiversity conservation. It is of vital importance to comprehensively elucidate the responses of aquatic organisms to these global changing factors. One of the most critical characteristics animals have in order to cope with such changes is altering their behavioral tactics and physiological processes; however, there seems to be an underestimation of these phenotypic reactions in the contexts of aquaculture, fisheries, and conservation. The issue of how to integrate fish phenotypes into the adaptive management of aquatic ecosystems is one of the crucial topics that has received increasing attention from scientists, decision-makers, and the public in recent years. This Reprint aims to provide an overview of recent advances in the field of fish-phenotype-based adaptive management of aquatic ecosystems. The phenotype comprises the behaviors, morphology, and physiology of a fish. The important roles of phenotype are reflected by (a) applying fish behaviors to evaluate welfare status, (b) developing practical methods to decrease undesired behaviors in the aquaculture context and to improve fish ecological fitness in stock enhancement and conservation projects, and (c) elucidating the dynamics and mechanisms of fish responses to ecological changes. We believe this Reprint will offer readers an updated understanding of the important questions outlined above. 2026-04-16T17:17:19Z 2026-04-16T17:17:19Z 2025 book ONIX_20260416T142754_9783725856732_10 9783725856732 9783725856749 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/174905 eng application/octet-stream Attribution 4.0 International https://mdpi.com/books/ https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/topic/11787 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 10.3390/books978-3-7258-5674-9 10.3390/books978-3-7258-5674-9 46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0 9783725856732 9783725856749 216 CH open access
spellingShingle Aquaculture
Fisheries
Conservation
Biodiversity
Phenotype
Behavior
Physiology
Fish welfare
Sustainability
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSA Life sciences: general issues::PSAF Ecological science, the Biosphere
The Importance of Fish Phenotype in Aquaculture, Fisheries and Conservation
title The Importance of Fish Phenotype in Aquaculture, Fisheries and Conservation
title_full The Importance of Fish Phenotype in Aquaculture, Fisheries and Conservation
title_fullStr The Importance of Fish Phenotype in Aquaculture, Fisheries and Conservation
title_full_unstemmed The Importance of Fish Phenotype in Aquaculture, Fisheries and Conservation
title_short The Importance of Fish Phenotype in Aquaculture, Fisheries and Conservation
title_sort importance of fish phenotype in aquaculture fisheries and conservation
topic Aquaculture
Fisheries
Conservation
Biodiversity
Phenotype
Behavior
Physiology
Fish welfare
Sustainability
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSA Life sciences: general issues::PSAF Ecological science, the Biosphere
topic_facet Aquaculture
Fisheries
Conservation
Biodiversity
Phenotype
Behavior
Physiology
Fish welfare
Sustainability
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSA Life sciences: general issues::PSAF Ecological science, the Biosphere
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