Conservation physiology of marine fishes: state of the art and prospects for policy

David J. McKenzie; Michael Axelsson; Denis Chabot; Guy Claireaux; Steven J. Cooke; Richard A. Corner; Gudrun De Boeck; Paolo Domenici; Pedro M. Guerreiro; Bojan Hamer; Christian Jørgensen; Shaun S. Killen; Sjannie Lefevre; Stefano Marras; Basile Michaelidis; Göran E. Nilsson; Myron A. Peck; Angel Perez-Ruzafa; Adriaan D. Rijnsdorp; Holly A. Shiels; John Fleng Steffensen; Jon C. Svendsen; Morten Bo Søndergaard Svendsen; Lorna R. Teal; Jaap van der Meer; Tobias Wang; Jonathan M. Wilson; Rod W. Wilson; Julian D. Metcalfe

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Conservation physiology of marine fishes: state of the art and prospects for policy

David J. McKenzie, Michael Axelsson, Denis Chabot, Guy Claireaux, Steven J. Cooke, Richard A. Corner, Gudrun De Boeck, Paolo Domenici, Pedro M. Guerreiro, Bojan Hamer, Christian Jørgensen, Shaun S. Killen, Sjannie Lefevre, Stefano Marras, Basile Michaelidis, Göran E. Nilsson, Myron A. Peck, Angel Perez-Ruzafa, Adriaan D. Rijnsdorp, Holly A. ShielsJohn Fleng Steffensen, Jon C. Svendsen, Morten Bo Søndergaard Svendsen, Lorna R. Teal, Jaap van der Meer, Tobias Wang, Jonathan M. Wilson, Rod W. Wilson, Julian D. Metcalfe

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The state of the art of research on the environmental physiology of marine fishes is reviewed from the perspective of how it can contribute to conservation of biodiversity and fishery resources. A major constraint to application of physiological knowledge for conservation of marine fishes is the limited knowledge base; international collaboration is needed to study the environmental physiology of a wider range of species. Multifactorial field and laboratory studies on biomarkers hold promise to relate ecophysiology directly to habitat quality and population status. The 'Fry paradigm' could have broad applications for conservation physiology research if it provides a universal mechanism to link physiological function with ecological performance and population dynamics of fishes, through effects of abiotic conditions on aerobic metabolic scope. The available data indicate, however, that the paradigm is not universal, so further research is required on a wide diversity of species. Fish physiologists should interact closely with researchers developing ecological models, in order to investigate how integrating physiological information improves confidence in projecting effects of global change; for example, with mechanistic models that define habitat suitability based upon potential for aerobic scope or outputs of a dynamic energy budget. One major challenge to upscaling from physiology of individuals to the level of species and communities is incorporating intraspecific variation, which could be a crucial component of species' resilience to global change. Understanding what fishes do in the wild is also a challenge, but techniques of biotelemetry and biologging are providing novel information towards effective conservation. Overall, fish physiologists must strive to render research outputs more applicable to management and decision-making. There are various potential avenues for information flow, in the shorter term directly through biomarker studies and in the longer term by collaborating with modellers and fishery biologists.

Original language	English
Article number	cow046
Journal	Conservation Physiology
Volume	4
Issue number	1
Number of pages	20
ISSN	2051-1434
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/cow046
Publication status	Published - 2016

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McKenzie, D. J., Axelsson, M., Chabot, D., Claireaux, G., Cooke, S. J., Corner, R. A., De Boeck, G., Domenici, P., Guerreiro, P. M., Hamer, B., Jørgensen, C., Killen, S. S., Lefevre, S., Marras, S., Michaelidis, B., Nilsson, G. E., Peck, M. A., Perez-Ruzafa, A., Rijnsdorp, A. D., ... Metcalfe, J. D. (2016). Conservation physiology of marine fishes: state of the art and prospects for policy. Conservation Physiology, 4(1), [cow046]. https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/cow046

McKenzie, DJ, Axelsson, M, Chabot, D, Claireaux, G, Cooke, SJ, Corner, RA, De Boeck, G, Domenici, P, Guerreiro, PM, Hamer, B, Jørgensen, C, Killen, SS, Lefevre, S, Marras, S, Michaelidis, B, Nilsson, GE, Peck, MA, Perez-Ruzafa, A, Rijnsdorp, AD, Shiels, HA, Steffensen, JF, Svendsen, JC, Svendsen, MBS, Teal, LR, van der Meer, J, Wang, T, Wilson, JM, Wilson, RW & Metcalfe, JD 2016, 'Conservation physiology of marine fishes: state of the art and prospects for policy', Conservation Physiology, vol. 4, no. 1, cow046. https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/cow046

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