Anthropogenic climate change has driven widespread changes in marine environments, including ocean warming, ocean acidification, and the formation of hypoxic zones. Such environmental changes would pose direct challenges to the survival and adaptation of aquatic organisms, greatly affecting the biodiversity of marine life and marine ecosystems. Changes in the marine environment are likely to have strong effects at the physiological, behavioral, and molecular levels, with implications at the individual, population, and species levels, resulting in the degradation of genetic resources through massive mortality. For example, the ingestion, digestion, respiration, and growth of aquatic animals were greatly depressed under extreme environments. In the long run, maintaining a sustainable ocean would require a better understanding of the adaptation of marine animals in response to the effects of multiple environmental stressors.
The Research Topic is aimed to discuss the potential impacts of individual and compounded extreme environments on aquatic animals, as well as the regulatory mechanisms and adaptation strategies of marine species to cope with these impacts. We would like to solicit papers that contribute to our better understanding of the responses of marine organisms to future climate change.
We welcome original research articles, methods, mini-reviews, and short communications on the following sub-themes (but not limited to):
• The combined effects of environmental factors caused by global climate change, including ocean warming, acidification, deoxygenation, and other stressors on marine ecosystems.
• Adaptive strategies for survival and growth of aquatic animals in extreme environments.
• Responses of marine animals to environmental stresses at different developmental stages.
• Application of physiological, molecular, and multi-omics approaches to study the regulatory mechanisms
• Superimposed and elimination effects of combined environmental factors on marine organisms.
Anthropogenic climate change has driven widespread changes in marine environments, including ocean warming, ocean acidification, and the formation of hypoxic zones. Such environmental changes would pose direct challenges to the survival and adaptation of aquatic organisms, greatly affecting the biodiversity of marine life and marine ecosystems. Changes in the marine environment are likely to have strong effects at the physiological, behavioral, and molecular levels, with implications at the individual, population, and species levels, resulting in the degradation of genetic resources through massive mortality. For example, the ingestion, digestion, respiration, and growth of aquatic animals were greatly depressed under extreme environments. In the long run, maintaining a sustainable ocean would require a better understanding of the adaptation of marine animals in response to the effects of multiple environmental stressors.
The Research Topic is aimed to discuss the potential impacts of individual and compounded extreme environments on aquatic animals, as well as the regulatory mechanisms and adaptation strategies of marine species to cope with these impacts. We would like to solicit papers that contribute to our better understanding of the responses of marine organisms to future climate change.
We welcome original research articles, methods, mini-reviews, and short communications on the following sub-themes (but not limited to):
• The combined effects of environmental factors caused by global climate change, including ocean warming, acidification, deoxygenation, and other stressors on marine ecosystems.
• Adaptive strategies for survival and growth of aquatic animals in extreme environments.
• Responses of marine animals to environmental stresses at different developmental stages.
• Application of physiological, molecular, and multi-omics approaches to study the regulatory mechanisms
• Superimposed and elimination effects of combined environmental factors on marine organisms.
