What evidence exists on the impact of climate change on some of the worst invasive fish and shellfish? A systematic map protocol

Abstract

Background The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has estimated that invasive alien species (IAS) might cause billions of dollars of losses every year across the world. One example is South-East Asia, where IAS have caused an estimated loss of 33.5 billion USD, affecting the environment, human health, and agricultural production. Factors associated with climate change, such as increased carbon dioxide (CO2), heavy precipitation, and elevated temperatures is expected to facilitate biological invasion, leading only to further financial and public health loss. Thus, further study is needed to identify, collate and categorise what evidence exists on the impacts of climate change on fish and shellfish species that contribute to the list of “One Hundred of the World’s Worst Invasive Alien Species” as identified by the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN). Such mapping will identify regions more at risk of biological invasion as climate change progresses. Methods We outline a systematic mapping review protocol that follows the Guideline and Standards for Evidence Synthesis in Environmental Management and RepOrting standards for Systematic Evidence Syntheses (ROSES). We describe how peer-reviewed articles will be collected from Web of Science and Scopus, and then analyzed to create knowledge maps on the impact climate change has on invasive species. Finally, we speculate on how our results will aid future management of invasive species in the light of climate change.

Zebrafish and Medaka as model organisms for climate change research: Global literature scientometric analysis

“…The common name as well as the scientific name for both fish species were collected from FishBase, where the current correct information on fishes is provided by various experts and with the support of the European Commission. The climate change related keywords were similar as in Azra et al (2022). As such, our search strings included the following: 1st searches Zebrafish: TS = ((zebrafish) OR ("Danio rerio") OR ("Girella zebra") OR ("Pterois russelii") OR ("Pterois volitans") OR ("D. rerio") OR ("G. zebra") OR ("P. russelii") OR ("P. Frontiers in Earth Science frontiersin.org…”

“…Based on the previous scientometric results that was discussed in the present study, the authors found that the Zebrafish and Medaka have been widely used as one of the model species for ecotoxicological based studies. Agriculture runoff is categorized as one of the climate change elements (Azra et al, 2022), and this could directly or indirectly associated with many toxicological chemicals in the environment (Boxall et al, 2009). However, as both Zebrafish and Medaka can be found in the freshwater and seawater ecosystem, future insight into the potential of how these model species could be properly employed to improve our understanding of climate-driven changes are truly needed.…”