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Journal of Fish Biology has an exciting schedule of Special Issues and invites original and novel manuscripts related to the scope of each individual call.

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Special Issue on Research Advances in Diversity and Conservation Science of Freshwater Fish in China

Special Issue on Research Advances in Diversity and Conservation Science of Freshwater Fish in China

In China, as elsewhere, freshwater fishes are facing considerable threats due to climate change and anthropogenic activities, including habitat modification, water pollution, over-fishing, and non-native fish introductions.

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The effect of downstream translocation on Atlantic salmon Salmo salar smolt outmigration success

Ruaidhri Forrester, Hannele M. Honkanen, Jessie Lilly, Amy Green, Jessica R. Rodger, Brian A. Shields, Philip Ramsden, J. Peter Koene, Melanie Fletcher, Colin W. Bean, Colin E. Adams, 
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Sulawesi stream fish communities depend on connectivity and habitat diversity

Letha Louisiana Wantania, Thore Koppetsch, Jan Möhring, Friedrich W. Miesen, Daisy Wowor, Farnis Boneka, Fabian Herder, 
  •  10 October 2024
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Integrative morphological, cytogenetic and molecular characterization of the Andean climbing catfish Astroblepus mindoensis (Regan, 1916) (Siluriformes:Astroblepidae)

Mauro Nirchio, Claudio Oliveira, Marcelo de Bello Cioffi, Francisco M. C. Sassi, Francisco Provenzano Rizzi, Santiago Wladimir Núñez Benavides, Alison Jazmín Calderón Berrones, Juan Francisco Rivadeneira Romero, Geize Aparecida Deon, Mariana Kuranaka, Jonathan Santiago Valdiviezo-Rivera, Julio C. Carrión Olmedo, Anna Rita Rossi, 
  •  9 October 2024
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Spatio-temporal variation in reproductive characteristics of invasive fish Pseudorasbora parva (Temmick & Schlegel, 1846) in the lakes region of Türkiye

Fahrettin Küçük, Ergi Bahrioğlu, Salim Serkan Güçlü, Mevlüt Nazıroğlu, İskender Gülle, Sera Övgü Kabadayı Yıldırım, 
  •  9 October 2024
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Taxonomic diversity, distribution, and ecology of the freshwater fishes of the Zambezian Lowveld Ecoregion in southern Africa: A systematic review

Tholoana Ntokoane, Emmanuel J. W. M. N. Vreven, Pedro H. N. Bragança, Wilbert T. Kadye, Albert Chakona, 
  •  9 October 2024
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The ecological relevance of critical thermal maxima methodology for fishes

Jessica E. Desforges, Kim Birnie-Gauvin, Fredrik Jutfelt, Kathleen M. Gilmour, Erika J. Eliason, Terra L. Dressler, David J. McKenzie, Amanda E. Bates, Michael J. Lawrence, Nann Fangue, Steven J. Cooke, 
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Evidence of potential establishment of pink salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha in Scotland

Michał E. Skóra, John Iwan Jones, Alan F. Youngson, Sean Robertson, Alan Wells, Rasmus B. Lauridsen, Gordon H. Copp, 
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Feeding ecology of redfish (Sebastes sp.) inferred from the integrated use of fatty acid profiles as complementary dietary tracers to stomach content analysis

Sarah Brown-Vuillemin, Réjean Tremblay, Denis Chabot, Pascal Sirois, Dominique Robert, 
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Behavioural responses of fishes to anthropogenic disturbances: Adaptive value and ecological consequences

Ulrika Candolin, Tawfiqur Rahman, 

Water temperature explains part of the variation in basal plasma cortisol level within and between fish species

Sébastien Alfonso, Camille Houdelet, Eduardo Bessa, Benjamin Geffroy, Bastien Sadoul, 

A method for long-term retention of pop-up satellite archival tags (PSATs) on small migratory fishes

Lewis C. Naisbett-Jones, Creed Branham, Shayla Birath, Savannah Paliotti, Andrew R. McMains, Frederick Joel Fodrie, James W. Morley, Jeffrey A. Buckel, Kenneth J. Lohmann, 
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Comparing otolith shape descriptors for population structure inferences in a small pelagic fish, the European sardine Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum, 1792)

João Neves, Ana Veríssimo, António Múrias Santos, Susana Garrido, 

DNA metabarcoding of cloacal swabs provides insight into diets of highly migratory sharks in the Mid-Atlantic Bight

Jill A. Olin, Hidetoshi Urakawa, Michael G. Frisk, Alisa L. Newton, Maria Manz, Michael Fogg, Colin McMullen, Lisa Crawford, Oliver N. Shipley, 
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Evidence of successful recruitment of non-native pink salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha in Iceland

Michał E. Skóra, Guðni Guðbergsson, Gordon H. Copp, J. Iwan Jones, 
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A low-density single nucleotide polymorphism panel for brown trout (Salmo trutta L.) suitable for exploring genetic diversity at a range of spatial scales

Daniel R. Osmond, R. Andrew King, Bruce Stockley, Sophie Launey, Jamie R. Stevens, 
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The ecological relevance of critical thermal maxima methodology for fishes

Jessica E. Desforges, Kim Birnie-Gauvin, Fredrik Jutfelt, Kathleen M. Gilmour, Erika J. Eliason, Terra L. Dressler, David J. McKenzie, Amanda E. Bates, Michael J. Lawrence, Nann Fangue, Steven J. Cooke, 
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The vulnerability of sharks, skates, and rays to ocean deoxygenation: Physiological mechanisms, behavioral responses, and ecological impacts

Matt J. Waller, Nicolas E. Humphries, Freya C. Womersley, Alexandra Loveridge, Amy L. Jeffries, Yuuki Watanabe, Nicholas Payne, Jayson Semmens, Nuno Queiroz, Emily J. Southall, David W. Sims, 
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What acoustic telemetry can and cannot tell us about fish biology

David M. P. Jacoby, Adam T. Piper, 
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Aquatic connectivity: challenges and solutions in a changing climate

Paul A. Franklin, Tea Bašić, Phil I. Davison, Katie Dunkley, Jonathan Ellis, Mayuresh Gangal, Alexia M. González-Ferreras, Catherine Gutmann Roberts, Georgina Hunt, Domino Joyce, C. Antonia Klöcker, Rachel Mawer, Timo Rittweg, Velizara Stoilova, Lee Frank Gordon Gutowsky, 
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Estimating fish mortality rates from catch curves: A plea for the abandonment of Ricker (1975)'s linear regression method

Julien Mainguy, Martin Bélanger, Eliane Valiquette, Simon Bernatchez, Léon L'Italien, Russell B. Millar, Rafael de Andrade Moral, 
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Cost–benefit analysis of ecosystem modeling to support fisheries management

Matthew H. Holden, Eva E. Plagányi, Elizabeth A. Fulton, Alexander B. Campbell, Rachel Janes, Robyn A. Lovett, Montana Wickens, Matthew P. Adams, Larissa Lubiana Botelho, Catherine M. Dichmont, Philip Erm, Kate J. Helmstedt, Ryan F. Heneghan, Manuela Mendiolar, Anthony J. Richardson, Jacob G. D. Rogers, Kate Saunders, Liam Timms, 
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Direct measurement of cruising and burst swimming speeds of the shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) with estimates of field metabolic rate

Matt J. Waller, Nuno Queiroz, Ivo da Costa, Tiago Cidade, Bruno Loureiro, Freya C. Womersley, Jorge Fontes, Pedro Afonso, Bruno C. L. Macena, Alexandra Loveridge, Nicolas E. Humphries, Emily J. Southall, David W. Sims, 
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Inshore and offshore marine migration pathways of Atlantic salmon post‐smolts from multiple rivers in Scotland, England, Northern Ireland, and Ireland

Jessica R. Rodger, Jessie Lilly, Hannele M. Honkanen, Diego del Villar, Richard Kennedy, Niall Ó. Maoiléidigh, Patrick Boylan, Robert Rosell, David J. Morris, Ross O'Neill, Catherine Waters, Deirdre Cotter, Lorna Wilkie, Andrea Barkley, Amy Green, Samantha V. Beck, Jamie Ribbens, Jim Henderson, Debbie Parke, Alan Kettle-White, Lucy Ballantyne, Shona Marshall, Paul Hopper, Niall Gauld, Jason D. Godfrey, Lauren E. Chapman, James Thorburn, Alan Drumm, Fred Whoriskey, Brian Shields, Philip Ramsden, James Barry, Michael Millane, William Roche, John D. Armstrong, Alan Wells, Silas Walton, Melanie Fletcher, David M. Bailey, Bill Whyte, Ross McGill, Mark Bilsby, Ken Whelan, Colin W. Bean, Colin E. Adams, 
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The effects of ocean acidification on fishes – history and future outlook

Josefin Sundin, 
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Migration patterns and navigation cues of Atlantic salmon post-smolts migrating from 12 rivers through the coastal zones around the Irish Sea

Jessie Lilly, Hannele H. Honkanen, Jessica R. Rodger, Diego del Villar, Patrick Boylan, Amy Green, Diego Pereiro, Lorna Wilkie, Richard Kennedy, Andrea Barkley, Robert Rosell, Niall Ó. Maoiléidigh, Ross O'Neill, Catherine Waters, Deirdre Cotter, David Bailey, William Roche, Ross McGill, James Barry, Samantha V. Beck, Jim Henderson, Debbie Parke, Frederick G. Whoriskey, Brian Shields, Philip Ramsden, Silas Walton, Melanie Fletcher, Ken Whelan, Colin W. Bean, Sophie Elliott, Adrian Bowman, Colin E. Adams, 
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