Overlooked eDNA contamination in human-influenced ecosystems: a call to manage large-scale false positives in biodiversity assessments
Available online 20 February 2025
The use of environmental DNA (eDNA) has significantly revolutionized studies in biodiversity science. A crucial innovation of eDNA-based biodiversity assessment is the ability to detect species through...
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Aquatic pollution from truck spills: Urgent action needed in Brazil and beyond
Available online 18 February 2025
On 29 January, 2024, a truck accident spilled concentrated sulfonic acid into a river in Brazil’s State of Santa Catarina. This disaster, which occurred in a protected area, killed various types of...
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Distribution and abundance of large pelagic predatory bony fishes in the northwestern Pacific over a half-century
Available online 17 February 2025
Large pelagic predatory fishes play an important role in marine ecosystems, occupying the highest position in food webs and accumulating energy and organic matter produced by aquatic organisms of lower...
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Taxonomic and functional diversity of protists in saline and hypersaline lakes in southern Western Siberia, a region strongly affected by climate change
January 2025
Climate change has had an unprecedented impact on lake ecosystems around the globe and has both direct and indirect consequences on lake structure and mineralization. These changes are threatening the...
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Eggshell waste as a promising adsorbent for phosphorus recovery from wastewater: A review
January 2025
Phosphorus is a plant nutrient that is the main driving force of eutrophication, a serious type of water pollution. Various techniques and materials have been used to identify cost-effective, environmentally...
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Evaluation of the influence of offshore wind farm noise on the fishes and dolphins in the Pearl River Estuary
January 2025
In this study, we recorded the noise radiating from a wind farm and evaluated its potential impact on the fishes and Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) residing in the Pearl River Estuary....
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Distinct ecological processes shape micro-eukaryotic generalists and specialists in a canal-disturbed wetland, Lake Weishan, China
January 2025
Micro-eukaryotic communities are highly sensitive to environmental changes, and their structure offers crucial insights into the impact of human activities on aquatic habitats. Despite their significance,...
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Muscle metabolism in response to oxidized fish oil feed in juvenile Nile tilapia
January 2025
To investigate the effect of oxidized fish oil on fish muscle metabolic responses and flesh quality, Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) weighing 13.73 ± 0.31 g were fed two diets for 12 weeks:...
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Understanding the mechanisms of hypoxia-induced tissue damage in fish: The role of GasderminEa/b in Larimichthys crocea
January 2025
Hypoxia is one of the major environmental stressors, frequently resulting in serious yield losses for maricultured large yellow croaker (Larimichthys crocea). We know that pyroptosis contributes to...
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CRISPR/Cas9 mutagenesis reveals an essential role of PI4KB in promoting growth and resisting hemorrhagic disease caused by GCRV-II infection in juvenile grass carp
January 2025
Few studies have reported obtaining grass carp resistant to hemorrhagic disease via gene editing in commercial fish. Here, we demonstrate that the expression and activity of grass carp PI4KB (gcPI4KB)...
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The lake cod Gadus morhua kildinensis in the context of conservation biology
January 2025
Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua, is a marine fish, but there are several Arctic lakes, where it also occurs. Mogilnoye Lake on Kildin Island in the Barents Sea is especially famous for them. It is a salinity...
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Kernel density estimation of egg attachment areas aids in revealing spatiotemporal changes in Chinese sturgeon spawning grounds
January 2025
Identifying precise egg attachment areas and tracking trends of spawning magnitude (total amount of spawned eggs) are critical for accurate habitat assessment and effective conservation efforts, especially...
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Black carp RNF115 restricts IRF3/7-mediated antiviral signaling in innate immunity
January 2025
The Really Interesting New Gene (RING) ubiquitin E3 ligase family comprises a large number of members and plays a crucial role in the antiviral process. RING finger protein 115 (RNF115), also known...
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Hot and cold exposure triggers distinct transcriptional and behavioral responses in laboratory-inbred pond snails
January 2025
Animals exhibit remarkable behavioral and molecular adaptations to cope with thermal stressors, which are crucial for survival in variable environments that are exacerbated by climate change. Aquatic...
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Microbial diversity and biogeography across gastrointestinal tracts of Takifugu pufferfish revealed by full-length 16S amplicon sequencing
January 2025
Fish, which are vital for both aquatic ecosystem functionality and global food supply, rely heavily on their gastrointestinal tract (GIT) microbiota for the digestion that underpins their growth and...
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Effects of sub-monthly and sub-daily water level variations on water level fluctuation requirements of Phragmites australis and Phalaris arundinacea
January 2025
Water level variations (WLVs) substantially affect the spatial distribution of riparian vegetation. Accurately quantifying the water level fluctuation requirements (WLFRs) of aquatic macrophytes is...
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Effects of dietary Bacillus pumilus on the growth, intestinal health, lipid metabolism, and mTOR signaling pathway of juvenile coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)
January 2025
This study investigated the effects of dietary supplementation with the probiotic Bacillus pumilus on coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch). A total of 360 juvenile fish, with an average initial weight...
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Seahorse nanos3 plays essential roles in germ cell development in the absence of nanos2
January 2025
Seahorses are specialized teleosts due to their unique male pregnancy and reproductive physiology. In particular, they have distinct gonad structures and different patterns of gametogenesis development...
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Combined intestinal transcriptome and microbiome profiling highlights microbiota involved in growth and immunity of the Reeves’ turtle (Mauremys reevesii)
Available online 24 January 2025
The intestine serves as the primary digestive and essential mucosal immune organ, harboring diverse microbiota that play crucial roles in digestion, absorption, and host immunity. However, the association...
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Sex-biased miR-456 targeting spire1/sox11 provides insights into the ceRNA-network of sexual regulation in fish
Available online 23 January 2025
Competing endogenous RNAs (ceRNAs) are a novel epigenetic regulatory mechanism implicated in sex determination and differentiation in teleosts, which exhibit a diversity of sex-determining mechanisms....
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Effects of water stratification on bacterial communities in scallop farming waters of the North Yellow Sea in China
Available online 20 January 2025
Water stratification is a prominent oceanographic phenomenon in the North Yellow Sea, a vital region for mollusk aquaculture in northern China. Understanding the influences of water stratification on...
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Glacial microbial-environmental interactions on the Tibetan Plateau: A review
Available online 19 January 2025
The glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau are important climate regulators and recharge sources for many rivers and lakes, which are of great ecological value. However, actions to protect glacier-associated...
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Long distance dispersal with kinship in the Yangtze River during early life stage of a freshwater fish
Available online 18 January 2025
Aggregation is suggested beneficial with foraging, defense, and other fitness for the group members. While long distance dispersal with kinship has been found in several marine fishes, similar cases...
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An updated range-wide assessment of Neophocaena: Threats and priorities for research and conservation
Available online 17 January 2025
The genus Neophocaena includes two species, the Indo-Pacific finless porpoise (N. phocaenoides) and the narrow-ridged finless porpoise (N. asiaeorientalis). The Indo-Pacific species is found in coastal...
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Prey adopt similar adaptive strategies with different molecular response mechanisms: How do ciliates respond to different predation risk cues?
Available online 17 January 2025
The adaptive strategies of prey against predation risk have been pivotal in non-consumptive effects. However, the adaptive strategies of prey and the response mechanisms to various predation risk cues...
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