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ISSN: 2772-7351
CN: 42-1940/Q
p-ISSN: 2097-4132

Ensuring water purity: Mitigating environmental risks and safeguarding human health

Water is an indispensable resource for sustaining life, ecosystems, and economic productivity. However, increasing contamination and pollution pose severe threats to global water purity, with significant...

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The dual nature of water hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes): Environmental threats and sustainable solutions

The invasive aquatic plant Pontederia crassipes (water hyacinth) presents significant ecological and economic challenges worldwide due to its rapid proliferation and dominance in freshwater ecosystems....

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Towards a low-carbon footprint: Current status and prospects for aquaculture

Aquaculture is one of the fastest-growing agricultural sectors globally and is becoming increasingly important for producing sustainable and healthy diets with relatively low climate impacts. In comparison...

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Research advances in the structure, function, and regulation of the gill barrier in teleost fish

The gill is an important organ in fish that is involved in various physiological functions, including respiration, filter-feeding, ammonia nitrogen excretion, and osmoregulation. The physiological functions...

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Progress in research on fish sex determining genes

Research on fish sex determining genes and their mode of action is not only important for elucidating the mechanisms of vertebrate sex determination, but also for fish monosex control breeding. This...

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Riverine microplastics and their interaction with freshwater fish

This paper outlines the nature of microplastic contamination in rivers and the risks to freshwater fishes. We discuss how input sources influence the concentration and composition of microplastics and...

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Single-cell RNA sequencing of zebrafish olfactory epithelium reveals cellular heterogeneity and responses to a conspecific alarm substance

Olfaction, the sense of smell, is vital for the survival of many species and serves as an excellent system for investigating the molecular basis of behavior. Fishes possess a well-developed olfactory...

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Methodology for fish biodiversity monitoring with environmental DNA metabarcoding: The primers, databases and bioinformatic pipelines

Environmental DNA (eDNA) originates from cellular material shed by organisms into aquatic or terrestrial environments and can be sampled and monitored using metabarcoding technology, which is revolutionizing...

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A temperature-induced sex reversal mechanism in ricefield eels

The ricefield eel (Monopterus albus), a protogynous hermaphrodite, is an important aquaculture freshwater fish in China. Intensive studies have focused on the sex reversal of this species, but the underlying...

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An overview of research efforts to understand the effects of underwater sound on cetaceans

Cetaceans are aquatic mammals living in an environment that is more suited for hearing than vision. As such, their sensory systems largely utilize acoustic cues for navigation, communication, foraging,...

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Plastic occurrence, sources, and impacts in Antarctic environment and biota

Several studies have documented that plastic pollution is affecting one of the most remote and pristine regions of our planet, Antarctica. Plastics of different size and polymeric composition have been...

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Biologging as a potential platform for resolving ocean environmental issues and threats: Towards the development of the Internet of Animals

Biologging is a method that utilizes animal-borne devices to study the behavioural ecology, physiology, and surrounding environment of animals. This is the Lagrangian observation method, which assigns...

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Recent insights into aquatic viruses: Emerging and reemerging pathogens, molecular features, biological effects, and novel investigative approaches

Aquatic viruses are naturally present in the aquatic environment and the number of viruses is staggering. Various multicellular organisms in aquatic ecosystems may be infected, cross-species transmitted,...

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Evaluation of different primers of the 18S rRNA gene to profile amoeba communities in environmental samples

Amoeboid protists, an assemblage of organisms belonging to different phylogenetic lineages, have drawn increasing attention due to their crucial ecological roles in various environments and their potential...

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A One-Health approach to non-native species, aquaculture, and food security

One-Health is an umbrella term that integrates the health of the environment, humans and non-human animals. This approach is applied here to elucidate the impact of non-native invasive species on aquaculture...

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Evaluation of the influence of offshore wind farm noise on the fishes and dolphins in the Pearl River Estuary

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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Eggshell waste as a promising adsorbent for phosphorus recovery from wastewater: A review

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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A review of potential conservation and fisheries benefits of breaching four dams in the Lower Snake River (Washington, USA)

Abundances of important and imperiled fishes of the Snake River Basin continue to decline. We assessed the rationale for breaching the four lower Snake River Basin dams to prevent complete loss of these...

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Chinese wisdom and modern innovation of aquaculture

Aquaculture originates from ancient Chinese wisdom, and is considered the most efficient food-producing industry. About 70 years ago, New China proposed an industrial approach to fish production and...

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A computer vision and RFID fusion-based method for measuring individual feed intake and its application for detecting individual differences in feed efficiency of large yellow croaker (Larimichthys crocea)

Estimating the individual feed intake (FI) for multiple consecutive meals of fish reared at commercial densities has long been a challenge and this difficulty has prevented the genetic improvement of...

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Aquatic pollution from truck spills: Urgent action needed in Brazil and beyond

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 fish...

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Assemblage-based biomonitoring of freshwater ecosystem health via multimetric indices: A critical review and suggestions for improving their applicability

Freshwater biota are more comprehensive and direct indicators of biological impacts, and more meaningful to the public than water quality or physical habitat surrogates. Freshwater biotic data and the...

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Gene flow enhances genetic diversity and local adaptation in Pyropia yezoensis populations

Pyropia yezoensis, a vital intertidal seaweed, plays a crucial role in the preservation of marine biodiversity. In recent years, the rapid expansion of its cultivation has raised concerns regarding...

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A review on source, occurrence, and impacts of microplastics in freshwater aquaculture systems in China

Microplastic pollution has become an increasingly important environmental issue worldwide in recent years because of its ubiquitous presence in different environmental media and its potential to affect...

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Propidium monoazide-quantitative PCR for antibiotic sensitivity testing and minimum inhibitory concentration testing of antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Antibiotics are widely used in humans, livestock, and aquaculture, but they are not removed fully during wastewater treatment, leading to their accumulation in aquatic environments. This contributes...

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