Life History Strategies of Notothenioid Fish Living in Antarctic and sub-Antarctic Waters
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Ecology and Conservation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 580
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fishery biology and management; life history traits; Antarctic fish fauna
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: sub-Antarctic fishes; ecology; life strategies; small scale fishery management; recreational fishery
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The study of life-history strategies that have evolved in fishes living in different environments and how natural selection has shaped them to maximize individual fitness is a focal point within the evolutionary ecology. An array of life-history traits, such as size and age at sexual maturity, number of offspring, level of parental investment, juvenile development, life span, and senescence are key events in the life cycles of cold-adapted notothenioid fishes. The knowledge of these traits and their relationship with the physical and ecological environment play a crucial role for conservation and management purposes. During their evolutionary history, notothenioids have experienced impressive adaptive radiation, enabling them to occupy estuarine and marine habitats from intertidal to deep waters in Antarctic and sub-Antarctic regions. In this context, this Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the different life-history strategies adopted by the notothenioid fishes to cope with the environmental conditions encountered across a wide latitudinal range, spanning from cold waters around the Antarctic continent to cold-temperate waters of sub-Antarctic Islands and the Magellan Region. The main topics to be covered include age and growth estimates, early life history and life span, reproductive traits, and feeding behavior.
Dr. Mario La Mesa
Dr. Facundo Manuel Llompart
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Antarctica
- sub-Antarctic waters
- notothenioid fish
- ecology
- biology
- life-history traits
- environmental factors
