A systematic review of approaches to assess fish health responses to anthropogenic threats in freshwater ecosystems.

ABSTRACT: Anthropogenic threats such as water infrastructure, land-use changes, overexploitation of fishes and other biological resources, invasive species and climate change present formidable challenges to freshwater biodiversity. Historically, management of fish and fishery species has largely been based on studies of population- and community-level dynamics; however, the emerging field of conservation physiology promotes the assessment of individual fish health as a key management tool. Fish health is highly sensitive to environmental disturbances and is also a fundamental driver of fitness, with implications for population dynamics such as recruitment and resilience. However, the mechanistic links between particular anthropogenic disturbances and changes in fish health, or impact pathways, are

SUBMITTER: Mallett MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11069195 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature