Climate Change and Infectious Fish Diseases

Climate Change and Infectious Fish Diseases

A comprehensive reference examining how climate change and environmental changes influence infectious diseases and health in fish. It explores warming waters, aquatic ecosystem changes, carbon dioxide sequestration, and the effects of microbial and parasitic diseases across freshwater ecosystems in tropical, subtropical, and temperate regions.

Key Features

• Examines climate change and infectious fish diseases
• Explores the effects of rising water temperatures on fish health
• Discusses aquatic ecosystem changes and environmental stressors
• Covers freshwater ecosystems in tropical, subtropical, and temperate regions
• Examines climate-related changes in disease occurrence and transmission
• Covers 12 microbial and 10 parasitic fish diseases
• Explores interactions between environmental conditions and pathogens
• Examines effects of atmospheric carbon dioxide sequestration
• Addresses economically important fish species
• Includes research contributions from experts across 18 countries
• Integrates climate science, fish health, aquatic ecology, and disease biology
• Useful for aquaculture professionals, fisheries scientists, aquatic veterinarians, researchers, and students