Ensuring water purity: Mitigating environmental risks and safeguarding human health
April 2025
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...
Research advances in the structure, function, and regulation of the gill barrier in teleost fish
April 2023
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...
The dual nature of water hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes): Environmental threats and sustainable solutions
July 2025
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....
Towards a low-carbon footprint: Current status and prospects for aquaculture
October 2024
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...
Macroinvertebrate responses to stream water quality and the proposed biological monitoring working party index for the Philippines
Available online 31 July 2025
Water quality is a key driver of aquatic ecosystem health and strongly influences macroinvertebrate assemblages. In the Philippines, the relationship between macroinvertebrates and water quality remains...
Biologging as a potential platform for resolving ocean environmental issues and threats: Towards the development of the Internet of Animals
October 2025
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...
Advancing aquaculture breeding through genomic selection: models, tools, and challenges
Available online 18 September 2025
Genomic selection (GS) is a powerful breeding tool that utilizes statistical models to predict breeding values for candidate populations by leveraging genotype–phenotype relationships. In contrast to...
Use of aquatic organisms as flagship species in selecting priority areas for conservation
Available online 31 October 2025
Flagship species are widely used to garner support for conservation, but the selection of these taxa often overlooks ecological, social, and cultural criteria, which may limit the effectiveness of conservation...
Methodology for fish biodiversity monitoring with environmental DNA metabarcoding: The primers, databases and bioinformatic pipelines
February 2022
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...
An overview of research efforts to understand the effects of underwater sound on cetaceans
April 2023
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,...
Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals cellular heterogeneity and gonadal niche interactions in the hermaphroditic scallop Argopecten irradians
January 2026
The process of gonadal development necessitates the self-renewal and differentiation of germ cells, which is a complex and precisely regulated procedure that is inextricably linked with the gonadal...
A One-Health approach to non-native species, aquaculture, and food security
April 2024
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...
Evaluation of different primers of the 18S rRNA gene to profile amoeba communities in environmental samples
August 2022
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...
Exploring microplastics in commercial bivalve species and in bivalve aquaculture waters: Insights from the southern Pacific
Available online 21 November 2025
Microplastics pose a significant potential threat to marine biota, with filter feeders among the most susceptible species. Bivalves are an important source of animal protein and micronutrients, therefore...
Gene flow enhances genetic diversity and local adaptation in Pyropia yezoensis populations
January 2026
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...
Non-native aquatic species in the Dongting Lake basin, China
October 2025
Dongting Lake is the second largest freshwater lake in China, supports high biodiversity and many endemic or endangered species, such as finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides), Baer's pochard (Aythya...
Seasonal variation and driving factors of beta diversity of macroinvertebrate assemblages in subtropical Chinese high-mountain streams
October 2025
High-mountain stream ecosystems are recognized as ideal arenas for natural experiments and for ecological monitoring and assessment research, owing to their sensitivity to climate gradients and human-mediated...
Multiple toxicological effects of paralytic shellfish toxins and their producing microalgae on diverse aquatic organisms
January 2026
Under the impact of global climate change and anthropogenic activities, the global distribution of toxigenic microalgae and phycotoxins is expanding, potentially affecting the growth and development...
Glacial microbial-environmental interactions on the Tibetan Plateau: A review
October 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...
Distribution and abundance of large pelagic predatory bony fishes in the northwestern Pacific over a half-century
October 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...
Progress in research on fish sex determining genes
February 2022
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...
Riverine microplastics and their interaction with freshwater fish
October 2023
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...
Chinese wisdom and modern innovation of aquaculture
July 2024
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...
Recent insights into aquatic viruses: Emerging and reemerging pathogens, molecular features, biological effects, and novel investigative approaches
November 2022
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,...
Phosphorus and silicon starvation disrupts fatty acid balance in the diatom Nitzschia closterium f. minutissima and induces inflammatory responses in oyster larvae
Available online 24 November 2025
Phosphorus and silicon limitation has become an increasing ecological concern in the mollusk farming region of the Northern Yellow Sea, but its effects on the microalgae and mollusks that feed on them...