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...
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Production of XX neo-male mandarin fish, Siniperca chuatsi, after sexual differentiation by oral administration of 17α-methyltestosterone
January 2023
A well-known fact about mandarin fish (Siniperca chuatsi) is that females grow faster than males. Mandarin fish that have all-female populations have economic advantages, but traditional neo-male fish...
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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,...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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Construction of hybrid constructed wetlands for phosphorus chemical industry tailwater treatment in the middle Yangtze river basin: Responses of plant growth and root-associated microbial communities
July 2023
Constructed wetlands are commonly utilized to treat industrial wastewater due to their effectiveness, affordability, and environmental benefits. Many phosphorus chemical enterprises in the middle Yangtze...
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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...
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Plastic effects on marine and freshwater environments
January 2024
In the 1930s, plastic items started to acquire popularity. Since then, they have overcome many barriers and are now important to many facets of society. Post-consumer plastic, however, is an environmental...
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Bio-ecological remediation of freshwater aquaculture environments: A systematic review and bibliometric analysis
January 2024
Freshwater aquaculture plays an important role in the global aquaculture industry. The success of freshwater aquaculture relies on the integration of bio-ecological remediation technologies to ensure...
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Current status of greenhouse gas emissions from aquaculture in China
August 2022
Aquaculture and mariculture are becoming an increasingly important source of food supply in many countries and regions. However, with the expansion of aquaculture and mariculture comes increasing emissions...
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Plastic occurrence, sources, and impacts in Antarctic environment and biota
May 2022
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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Rethinking fish biology and biotechnologies in the challenge era for burgeoning genome resources and strengthening food security
February 2022
Fish biology has been developed for more than 100 years, but some important breakthroughs have been made in the last decade. Early studies commonly concentrated on morphology, phylogenetics, development,...
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Mine tailings storage dams modify upstream headwater fish assemblages
April 2023
Riverscape connectivity is a critically important component determining the ecological condition of lotic ecosystems. We evaluated changes in fish assemblages caused by the loss of connectivity by mine...
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Plastic pollution in marine and freshwater biota
Available online 21 January 2024
Plastic pollution is now recognised as a growing concern for both the environment and associated biota. Consequently, a plethora of scientific reports are being produced regarding the occurrence, distribution,...
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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...
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Assemblage-based biomonitoring of freshwater ecosystem health via multimetric indices: A critical review and suggestions for improving their applicability
August 2022
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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A review of potential conservation and fisheries benefits of breaching four dams in the Lower Snake River (Washington, USA)
May 2022
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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Assessments and diagnoses of aquatic ecosystem integrity based on integrity requirements of ecosystem service targets
January 2024
This paper critically reviews the progress in ecosystem integrity (health) assessment of inland waters and provides future directions for assessment. Current biotic integrity assessments mainly use...
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Multi-species probiotics enhance survival, growth, intestinal microbiota and disease resistance of rohu (Labeo rohita) larvae
January 2024
Multi-strain probiotics provide the most dependable approaches to improve health, immune response, and disease resistance in farmed fishes. In the present study, we examined the effects of multi-species...
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A review on source, occurrence, and impacts of microplastics in freshwater aquaculture systems in China
August 2022
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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Bloom-forming cyanobacteria and dinoflagellates in five Argentinian reservoirs: Multi-year sampling
January 2024
Harmful algal blooms are important threats to reservoir condition. Over a 15-year period, we sampled five Argentinian reservoirs to identify the responsible species for harmful algal blooms and determine...
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Assessment of water quality using benthic diatom and macroinvertebrate assemblages: A case study in an East China canal
January 2024
The East Zhejiang Canal is an artificial waterway located in the plains of East China. Because of its role in providing social services, it is frequently subjected to human activities affecting its...
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Seasonal occurrence of microplastics in sediment of two South African recreational reservoirs
July 2023
Inland water systems are regarded as a pathway and sink of plastic pollutants from the terrestrial environment. Aquatic ecosystems are globally contaminated with microplastics, but the spatiotemporal...
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Species-level monitoring of rare and invasive fishes using eDNA metabarcoding in the middle and upper Yarlung Zangbo River, Tibet
January 2023
Fish diversity of the Yarlung Zangbo River is very sensitive and vulnerable to biological invasion, anthropogenic activities and climate change, especially in the upper and middle reaches where several...
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