Effects of tides and subsurface dams on the land-sourced contaminant transport: Laboratory and numerical investigation - Jina Yin; Yunshu Wu; Jiangjiang Zhang; Tongchao Nan; Chunhui Lu (Advances in Water Resources, 2025)

Real-time forecasting of coastal flood inundations under regulated reservoir and storm-tide influences - Ashrumochan Mohanty; Bhabagrahi Sahoo; Ravindra Vitthal Kale (Advances in Water Resources, 2025)

Two-dimensional capillarity-driven seepage from a lined buried ditch: The Kornev subsurface irrigation “Absorptional” method revisited - Anvar Kacimov; Yurii Obnosov; Tatyana Nikonenkova; Andrey Smagin (Advances in Water Resources, 2025)

Evaluation of diversity patterns of echinoderms with cryptic habits using Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) in two reefs of Gulf of Mexico and Mexican Caribbean Sea - Rosa C. Sotelo-Casas; Y. Quetzalli Hernández-Díaz; A. Lilian Palomino-Álvarez; Edlin Guerra-Castro; Nuno Simões (Discover Oceans, 2025)

Blue-green partnership: unravelling potential of marine Pseudomonas aeruginosa OG as a biocontrol agent against Fusarium oxysporum vasinfectum - Janki N. Thakker; Khushbu Rathod; Keyur Patel; Jenali Pandya; Jinal Badrakia; Pinakin Dhandhukia (Discover Oceans, 2025)

Changes in hermatypic coral functions in a protected natural area following two hurricanes - Lucia Valdes-Saucedo; Fabián A. Rodríguez-Zaragoza; Amílcar Leví Cupul-Magaña; J. J. Adolfo Tortolero-Langarica; Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip; Ofelia Vargas-Ponce; Manuel Ayón-Parente; José D. Carriquiry (Discover Oceans, 2025)

Editorial Board (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Long-term plastic film mulching promotes microplastic accumulation and alters gross nitrogen transformation in soil - Jinrui Zhang; Kai Wang; Tianxiang Hao; Jinbo Zhang; Christoph Müller; Perrine Florent; Hong Yan; Siyang Ren; Kaijing Qu; Kaige Ren; Jingjing Li; Yiting Su; et al. (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Effects of plant functional group and reclamation treatments on microbial networks and nutrient limitation in initial soil developed on spoil heaps after hard coal mining - Wojciech Bierza; Artur Trzebny; Agnieszka Kompała-Bąba; Bartłomiej Woś; Marcin Pietrzykowski; Agnieszka Józefowska; Marek Pająk; Krzysztof Otremba; Edyta Sierka (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Soil microbiome community composition shaped by soil depth in a wetland with diel variations in methane emissions - Stacey M. Trevathan-Tackett; Luke C. Jeffrey; Anne Yusuf; Paul E. Carnell; Damien T. Maher; Scott G. Johnston; Peter I. Macreadie (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Combined effects of cropping alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) on the soil pore structure, microbial communities and organic carbon fractions in saline soils - Dan Zhu; Lei Sun; Lina Mao; Jingyang Li; Bohan Yan; Bin Li; Xin Li (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Grazing exclusion changes the complexity and stability but not the α-diversity of the microbial community in a desert steppe - Fengqin Yuan; Xuebao Xu; Zhenpeng Liu; Rula Sa; Chongzhi Sun; Jia Liu; Na Li; Yujuan Zhang; Tongrui Zhang; Tingting Xing; Jie Ren; Shiming Tang; et al. (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Gypsum application increases microbial activity and organic carbon mineralization in saline paddy soils - Yixian Liu; Ze Zhang; Xiangxiang Wang; Ruiqiao Wu; Shuai Ding; Shuang Wang; Jianping Chen; Tida Ge; Zhenke Zhu (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Rhizosphere soil microbial communities and nitrogen transformation response to forest fire smoke - Ziyan Huang; Xiaoyu Zhan; Mulualem Tigabu; Yan He; Zhehan Li; Guangyu Wang; Futao Guo (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Organic fertilizations alter the abundance and diversity of soil microbial genes involved in C, N, P mineralization in a coastal poplar plantation - Tingting Ren; Jiahui Liao; Xiaoming Zou; Yuanyuan Li; Juanping Ni; Ke Shi; Long Jin; Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo; Honghua Ruan (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Environmental and microhabitat influences on microbiota of snow-active Collembola in sub-zero temperatures - Cao Hao; Yunga Wu; Ting-Wen Chen; Nadieh de Jonge; Guoliang Xu; Donghui Wu; Jeppe Lund Nielsen (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Assembly mechanisms of soil testate amoeba metacommunities: Insights from co-occurrence patterns and the critical role of null model selection - Qihan Zhu; Aleksandr A. Ivanovskii; Edward A.D. Mitchell; Alexei A. Aleinikov; Alexander A. Komarov; Andrey N. Tsyganov; Satoshi Shimano; Olga V. Smirnova; Donghui Wu; Yuri A. Mazei (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Soil pH determines the shift of key microbial energy metabolic pathways associated with soil nutrient cycle - Akari Mitsuta; Késia Silva Lourenço; Bruna Gonçalves de Oliveira; Ohana Yonara de Assis Costa; Heitor Cantarella; Eiko Eurya Kuramae (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Green manuring increases network complexity and deterministic assembly of diazotrophic community in a subtropical paddy soil - Xianchu Su; Luyuan Sun; Yuntao Kang; Mengmeng Feng; Junkang Zhu; Anqi Wang; Zi-Yang He; Shengsheng Jin; Jia Liu; Ji-Zheng He; Yongxin Lin (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Responses and microbial mechanisms of greenhouse gas emissions and multifunctionality of soils at different elevations in Changbai Mountain under warming conditions - Yujuan Kang; Qiang Guan; Haitao Wu (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Ericaceous shrub encroachment influences the structure of soil fungal communities in subalpine grasslands - Camille Marchal; Elena Tello-García; Lucía Laorden-Camacho; Marie-Noëlle Binet; Karl Grigulis; Marie-Pascale Colace; Sophie Périgon; Cindy Arnoldi; Delphine Rioux; Christian Miquel; Frédéric Laporte; Christiane Gallet; et al. (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

The growth of submerged plant Potamogeton crispus L. affected complete ammonia oxidizers in the rhizosphere - Jianzhao Li; Ziqi Liu; Yan Wang; Naidong Xiao; Xiaoqiong Wan; Yumei Hua; Jianwei Zhao (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

The different pathways of microbial regulation of organic carbon turnover in the topsoil and subsoil of coastal saline soil after long-term stubble return and subsoiling - Xunya Su; Le Zhang; Hao Meng; Jiaxue Zhao; Han Wang; Lunxiao Shang; Qiyuan Guo; Yupeng Xing; Xianliang Song; Xuezhen Sun; Xiaopei Zhang; Xiaoli Tian; et al. (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Symmetric responses of microbial carbon and nutrient limitations to warming and cooling in boreal forests: Insights from a transplant experiment - Sen Lu; Dongdong Zhang; Shuanglin Zhao; Ziqiao Yang; Ying Zhang; Lili Yang; Gongxiu He; Li Ji (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Mixed vineyard prunings and sheep manure compost: Creating changes in vineyard soil dominant microbiota to impact fruit quality - Qian Tu; Yuanyuan Li; Weikang Ding; Shubo Zhou; Yanping Huang; Shiqiu Liu; Xuwu Min; Jiarui Zhang; Junjun Li; Chunlong Yuan (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Resource-enhancing global changes shift soil multifunctionality towards faster cycling in arid grasslands - Zhaobin Song; Xiaoan Zuo; Shaokun Wang; Xiangyun Li; Ya Hu; Jingjuan Qiao; Chao Wang; Ellen L. Fry; Jordi Sardans; Josep Peñuelas; Yann Hautier (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Plant mycorrhizal type and molybdenum (Mo) contamination co-shape rhizospheric fungal communities in molybdenum mining areas - Shuang Yang; Zhaoyong Shi; Jiakai Gao; Shouxia Xu; Fayuan Wang (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

The environmental trade-offs of applying soil amendments: Microbial biomass and greenhouse gas emission dynamics in organic rice paddy soils - Hendra Gonsalve W. Lasar; Suman Lamichhane; Fugen Dou; Terry Gentry (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Effects of nitrogen fertilizer replacement with different sourced-black soldier fly frass on rice growth, physiological characteristics and soil properties - Yajing Cao; Nan Wu; Lijun Shi; Xiaoyan Xu; Xiaobo Wang (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Loss of protistan diversity weakens soil phosphorus availability - Zhechang Mei; Chuanfa Wu; Shengjing Shi; Haoqing Zhang; Zhenke Zhu; Jianping Chen; Tida Ge (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Soil fauna in agroforestry contributes to the suppressiveness to plant-parasitic nematodes: A case study in a Mediterranean area - Anne-Sophie Masson; Fanny Bouton; Stéphane Bellafiore; Jamel Aribi; Claire Marsden; Mickael Hedde; Jean Trap (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Litter removal and nitrogen deposition alter soil microbial community composition and diversity in a typical rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) plantation of Hainan, China - Xinxin Xue; Changqi Ren; Chunmei Zhao; Wenbin Wang; Xuehua Luo; Yongfa Zhang; Zhengzao Cha (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Influence of recycled organic waste amendments on carbon pools, greenhouse gas emissions, and nematode indicators of soil health - J. Milkereit; M. Burger; A.K. Hodson (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Soil-dependent fate of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Listeria monocytogenes after incorporation of digestates in soil microcosms - Sophie Michel-Le Roux; Christine Ziebal; Gaëtan Pinsard; Sophie Sadet-Bourgeteau; Anaïs Oliva; Pascal Piveteau (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Spatial dynamics of soil algae: Insights into abundance, community structure, and ecological roles in mixed biocrusts across China - Chao Chang; Li Gao; Arash Zamyadi; Hao Wang; Ming Li (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Microbial inoculants drive disease suppression and rhizosphere modulation for effective management of pepper phytophthora blight - Muye Xiao; Xuchen Liu; Xiaozhong Wang; Wencai Lu; Tong Zhang; Yuheng Yang (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Mixed eucalyptus plantations in southern subtropical China effectively stabilized the rhizosphere-associated bacterial network and facilitated soil ecological function - Yahui Lan; Han Zhang; Yaqin He; Chenyang Jiang; Jiazhen Deng; Shaoming Ye (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Long-term nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization improved crop yield by influencing rhizosphere nitrogen transformation processes - Chunxiao Wu; Furong Wei; Benshuai Yan; Guobin Liu; Guoliang Wang (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Editorial Board (Advances in Water Resources, 2025)

A data-driven physics-informed deep learning approach for estimating sub-core permeability from coreflooding saturation measurements - A. Chakraborty; A. Rabinovich; Z. Moreno (Advances in Water Resources, 2025)

A free energy based model for water transfer in amphiphilic soils - Florian Cajot; Claude Doussan; Philippe Beltrame (Advances in Water Resources, 2025)

Mapping dissolved carbon in space and time: An experimental technique for the measurement of pH and total carbon concentration in density driven convection of CO 2 dissolved in water - Hilmar Yngvi Birgisson; Yao Xu; Marcel Moura; Eirik Grude Flekkøy; Knut Jørgen Måløy (Advances in Water Resources, 2025)

Interaction between corner and bulk flows during drainage in granular porous media - Paula Reis; Gaute Linga; Marcel Moura; Per Arne Rikvold; Renaud Toussaint; Eirik Grude Flekkøy; Knut Jørgen Måløy (Advances in Water Resources, 2025)

Modeling poroelastic response of an unsaturated, multi-layer soil with gravity effect to time-invariant stress loading - WeiCheng Lo; Nan-Chieh Chao; Jhe-Wei Lee (Advances in Water Resources, 2025)

Barrier reefs may provide a high wave energy natural refuge for large-sized endangered parrotfish species in the Caribbean - J. Prato-Valderrama; A. Santos-Martínez; D. Morales-de-Anda; P. W. Schuhmann; D. Castaño; A. L. Cupul-Magaña (Discover Oceans, 2025)

Explant priming with bio-effectors improves regeneration by 6-benzylaminopurine treatment while adventitious lateral shoot development by kinetin in marine red alga Gracilaria dura (Rhodophyta) - Bhavik Kantilal Bhagiya; Digvijay Singh Yadav; Vaibhav A. Mantri (Discover Oceans, 2025)

Inter- and intraspecific patterns in age, morphometrics and mineralization status in the thorny sea pen Pennatula aculeata and the greater sea pen Ptilella grandis - Camille Aubé; Virginie Roy; Piero Calosi (Discover Oceans, 2025)

Discovering and quantifying the eco-physiological advantages of plant-soil-Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) system: a promising eco-math-statistical modelling approach - Mohsen Jahan; Mehdi Nassiri-Mahallati (Discover Ecology, 2025)
“Plant-Soil-Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF)” system dynamics are driven by complex arrays of simultaneous cause-effect relationships. So far, there has been no practical solution based on farm-measured traits to determine plant-fungus co-existence efficacy. Therefore, the objective of this study is to employ mathematical modeling to determine the contribution of AMF in symbiosis with maize using plant and soil-measured variables. Two field experiments as split plots arrangement based on Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications were conducted. Rhizophagus intraradices and Funneliformis mosseae as exogenous AMF inoculated with maize seeds. Analysis of variance were performed on the measured variables on maize, AMF and soil collected from field trials. Confirmatory factor analysis divided the variables into two factors. On the eco-physiological basis, Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was employed to explore structural relationships between the two identified factors, were named resource capture and resource utilization. An SEM model was formulated, including the path for cause-effect processes of capture and utilization of resources. Normalized chi-square = 2.33 indicated competency of the model. The direct advantages of AMF symbiosis reflect in R 2 = 0.37 of total variance that can be explained by resource capture and utilization through collaboration. The discovered causal structure provides the possibility of effective agroecological management of maize characteristics, intending to strengthen the plants in order to increase productivity, while reducing inputs, cost and time.

Inaugural editorial of Discover Ecology - Kevin Cianfaglione; Rachel Hu (Discover Ecology, 2025)

The first record of the olive flathead gudgeon, Butis gymnopomus (Bleeker, 1853) (Gobiiformes: Butidae), from Kerala, India - P. H. Krishnaprasad; Mugdha Sukumaran; Melbin Lal; P. H. Anvar Ali; V. S. Vineetha; Mano Mohan Antony (Discover Oceans, 2025)

Development of new production algorithm in the northern Indian Ocean and observation of enhanced productivity using satellite remote sensing - Kandasamy Priyanka; Ranjit Kumar Sarangi; Durairaj Poornima; Ayyappan Saravanakumar (Discover Oceans, 2025)

Editorial Board (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Straw amendment induced contrasting net carbon balance in subtropical paddy and adjacent upland soils - Ping Zhou; Xue Li; Jiaxin Lai; Xiaobin Guo; Jinshui Wu (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Opposing island biogeographic effects of turnover and nestedness on beta-diversity of soil faunal communities between woodland and deforested grassland - Zengyan Li; Zengke Zhang; Anna Yang; Sufeng Pan; Junyong Zheng; Ling Mou; Wensheng Chen; Tian Zhang; Liyi Zhou; Wenhui You; David A. Wardle; En-Rong Yan (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms overwhelm denitrifiers in determining the efficacy of DMPP in upland soils - Jilin Lei; Donghan Yang; Yingying Sun; Saihong Wang; Qianyi Fan; Junhui Yin; Rui Liu; Qing Chen (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

The impacts of shrub branch shelter and nitrogen addition on soil microbial activity and plant litter decomposition in a desert steppe - Xiongkui Lin; Rebecca L. Schneider; Stephen J. Morreale; Hongmei Wang; Jianping Li; Zhigang Li (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Landscape fragmentation impacts springtail community assembly in subtropical agroecosystems - Douglas Alexandre; Luís Carlos Iuñes de Oliveira Filho; Dennis Goss-Souza; Ana Carolina Lovatel; Pâmela Niederauer Pompeo; Marcos Benedito Shimalski; Dilmar Baretta; Osmar Klauberg-Filho (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Potassium organomineral fertilizer alters the microbiome of a sandy loam tropical soil - Caroline Figueiredo Oliveira; Lucas William Mendes; Luís Reynaldo Ferracciú Alleoni (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Unveiling the plant growth promotion and the antifungal potency against maize pathogen Fusarium verticillioides by desert-derived endophytes Bacillus subtilis RA15 and Bacillus tequilensis FC6 and their lipopeptides - Vanessa Nya Dinango; Hanen Dhouib; Lobna Jlail; Slim Tounsi; Fabrice Fekam Boyom; Louise Nana Wakam; Olfa Frikha-Gargouri (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Comammox Nitrospira and ammonia-oxidizing bacteria are metabolically active in a subtropical estuarine wetland - Mengmeng Feng; Yongxin Lin; Guiping Ye; Zi-Yang He; Dong Zhu; Hang-Wei Hu; Yuheng Cheng; Fengyi Han; Ping Yang; Ji-Zheng He (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Enhancement of rice production and soil carbon sequestration utilizing nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria - Sen Li; Weigen Huang; Chengrong Peng; Xiaoyan Jing; Jixian Ding; Tong Chen; Ruilin Huang; Han Hu; Jizhong Zhou; Jiabao Zhang; Yuting Liang (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Promoting soil microbial community development in early primary succession on waste rock by mulching with ramial chipped wood, in a boreal context - Simon Taurines; Armand Séguin; Marie Guittonny (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Soil nematode diversity depends on understory plant species richness in a subalpine forest - Suhui Ma; Yangang Li; Fan Fan; Wenjing Fang; Qiong Cai; Xinyu Xiong; Zhiming Zhang; Jiangling Zhu; Chengjun Ji (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Soil depth and fertilizer shape fungal community composition in a long-term fertilizer agricultural field - Yaqin Guo; Julien Guigue; Sara L. Bauke; Stefan Hempel; Matthias C. Rillig (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Mid-term (5 years) impacts of wildfire on soil chemical and biological properties in a UK peatland - Luigi Marfella; Mark A. Ashby; Georgia Hennessy; Jon Rowe; Rossana Marzaioli; Flora A. Rutigliano; Helen C. Glanville (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Unraveling mechanisms of N₂O emissions and nitrogen cycling: The role of biochar C:N ratios in loamy and sandy soils - Muhammad Tauseef Jaffar; Muhammad Ahmed; Ruoxuan Shi; Shuaiheng Jiang; Zirong Kong; Nicholas Girkin; Jianguo Zhang; Haixia Huo (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Conservation tillage regulates the influence of drought on multitrophic network complexity and improves soil multifunctionality - Ling Ma; Guixiang Zhou; Lin Chen; Zhongjun Jia; Hongtao Zou; Congzhi Zhang; Donghao Ma; Changdong Han; Jiabao Zhang (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Increased loss rate of straw-derived nitrogen following the woody peat addition is more significant in saline than in non-saline paddy soil - Qingxia Wang; Meiqi Chen; Jisheng Xu; Dandan Li; Jiabao Zhang; Bingzi Zhao (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

The accumulation of soil microbial necromass and the changes in the depth-driven mechanisms along the altitude gradient - Tengyue Du; Kaiyang Han; Ermao Ding; Minmin Qiang; Huan Ma; Liping Hu; Dangping Yan; Yajun Tian; Dapeng Zhu; Kaihui Zhao; Weibo Shen (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Subsurface drip irrigation with micro-nano bubble hydrogen water improves the salt tolerance of lettuce by regulating the antioxidant system and soil bacterial community - Jian Wang; Xin Guo; Qihang Zhao; Rui Chen; Guanlin Li; Bo Zhou; Pengfei Cheng (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Effects of cropland abandonment succession on soil microorganism and multifunctionality in the arid zone of Northwest China - Yujie Zhou; Yiheng Zhang; Wanying Li; Juan Li; Zhijuan Li; Yangquanwei Zhong (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

16S rRNA sequencing reveals synergistic effects of silkworm feces and earthworms on soil microbial diversity and resilience under elevated temperatures - Fuzhi Lu; Delong Guan; Xiaoyan Zhang; Jinmei Wei; Jing Song; Feng Qian (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Soil arthropods make an important contribution to litter decomposition in both indigenous and plantation forests - René Gaigher; James S. Pryke; Michael J. Samways (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Microbial keystone taxa and nitrogen cycling enzymes driven by the initial quality of litter jointly promoted the litter decomposition rates in the Tengger Desert, northern China - Guisen Yang; Lei Huang; Wei Zhang; Yafei Shi; Zhiying Ning; Rui Hu; Zhishan Zhang (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Effects of seed priming with different concentrations and forms of silicon on germination and growth of rice under cadmium stress - Yan Tan; Xin Liu; Zhibo Shen; Yang Xiao; Youjun Zhang; Huihui Du; Zhibin Wu; Dan Zhi; Avelino Núñez-Delgado; Yuan Yang (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Metagenomics reveals divergent functional profiles of soil carbon and nitrogen cycles in an experimental drought and phosphorus-poor desert ecosystem - Yanju Gao; Akash Tariq; Fanjiang Zeng; Xiangyi Li; Jordi Sardans; Dhafer A. Al-Bakre; Josep Peñuelas (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

High-quantity straw combined with microbial fertilizer positively drives soil multifunctionality and fertility in degraded arid desert ecosystems - Jing Tian; Lianyan Bu; Jianping Luo; Haiyang Tang; Yaxin Chai; Gehong Wei; Honglei Wang (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Reforestation significantly enriches soil microbial carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus cycling genes but simplifies their co-occurrence network - Dong Liu; Song Zhang; Weirong Zhuang; Kexin Li; Fang Wang; Ting Li; Danhong Chen; Qiuping Fan; Zejin Zhang; Muyesaier Tudi; Rongxiao Che (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

The coupling effects of long-term straw return and plant selection facilitate rhizosphere nitrogen supply by promoting recruitment of core genera - Lei Xu; Yan Zhou; Congrong Miao; Jianwei Zhang; Yanfeng Ding; Zhenghui Liu; Weiwei Li; Yu Jiang; Ganghua Li (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Comammox and ammonia-oxidizing archaea dominated the nitrification under different nitrogen fertilizer levels in acid purple soil of Southwest China - Jun Xie; Jianguo Jiang; Jie Lu; Wencai Dai; Huarong Guo; Yuanxue Chen; Rong Huang; Zifang Wang; Ming Gao (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Soil biota response to raised water levels and reduced nutrient inputs in agricultural peat meadows - Annick van der Laan; Nick van Eekeren; Martin J. Wassen; Karin T. Rebel; Jerry van Dijk (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

A mesocosm study on carbon transfer mechanisms from deadwood to litter through fungal hyphal growth - Mohammad Rahmat Ullah; Katrin Wegend; Harald Kellner; Derek Peršoh; Werner Borken (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Inoculations of phosphorus-solubilizing bacteria alter soil properties, microbial communities, and improve crop yield and fruit quality in the tomato production system - Dan Luo; Haizhou Huang; Jianhu Wang; Tianfeng Wang; Qingfang Zhang; Yonggang Wang; Jixiang Chen (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Biochar-derived dissolved organic matter (BDOM) shifts fungal community composition: BDOM-soil DOM interaction - Muhammad Azeem; Jian Wang; Jean J. Kubwimana; Syed S.H. Kazmi; Zulqarnain H. Khan; Kaiwen He; Ruixia Han (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Enhancing rice nitrogen use efficiency via plant-microbe-soil interactions: Insights from 15N tracing - Shending Chen; Chang Zhao; Wenyan Yang; Wenjie Wang; Qinying Zhu; Mengqiu He; Ahmed S. Elrys; Lei Meng; Han Meng; Zucong Cai; Jinbo Zhang; Christoph Müller (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Soil faunal community transfers nutrient cycling functionality and plant-parasitic nematode suppression from different depths of a natural soil to an agricultural soil - Reza Ghaderi; Helen L. Hayden; Elena Colombi; Ramesha H. Jayaramaiah; Hang-Wei Hu; Ji-Zheng He (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Vetch cover crops increase particulate organic carbon in citrus orchard by increasing lignin phenols - Jiajia Zhang; Lei Lei; Wenfa Xiao; Xin Yang; Willam R. Horwath; Yiling Liao; Hongbing Yang; Zunji Jian; Lixiong Zeng (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Rhizosphere bacterial communities mediate the effect of maize-soybean strip intercropping and nitrogen management on cadmium phytoextraction - Yuze Li; Ting Xing; Zhidan Fu; Tian Pu; Peng Ding; Yushan Wu; Feng Yang; Xiaochun Wang; Taiwen Yong; Wenyu Yang (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Fertilization regulates maize nutrient use efficiency through soil rhizosphere biological network and root transcriptome - Bowen Luo; Huiling Hu; Hao Zheng; Ningxin An; Jia Guo; Zhi Nie; Peng Ma; Xiao Zhang; Dan Liu; Ling Wu; Duojiang Gao; Shiqiang Gao; et al. (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Soil age and soil phosphate content shape microarthropod communities of Dutch forest ecosystems - Joren Bruggink; Marie-Charlott Petersdorf; Wilco C.E.P. Verberk; Henk Siepel (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Ectomycorrhizal fungi explain more variation in rhizosphere nutrient availability than root traits in temperate forests - Xiaolei Yan; Lingyan Zhou; Yamin Chen; Ruiqiang Liu; Liqi Guo; Nan Li; Ao Kang; Kaiyan Zhai; Guiyao Zhou; Xuhui Zhou (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Application of cellulose-rich organic resource improves soil quality and plant growth by recruiting beneficial microorganisms - Xing Zhou; Yuanyuan Yan; Ya Li; Liangliang Liu; Jun Zhou; Chuanchao Dai; Zucong Cai; Xinqi Huang (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Editorial Board (Aeolian Research, 2025)

The geomorphic and palaeoenvironmental significance of water-induced horizontal layering in arid inland and coastal mediterranean interdunes - Giora J. Kidron; Abraham Starinsky; Joel Roskin (Aeolian Research, 2025)

Influences of soil moisture and vegetation cover on dust emission using satellite observations - Faisal AlNasser; Abdelghani Chehbouni; Dara Entekhabi (Aeolian Research, 2025)

Potential PM10 emission from soil affected by different temperatures in a Caldén Forest of semiarid Pampas, Argentina - L.A. de Oro; F. Avecilla; M.S. Larroulet; R.N. Comas; M.J. Mendez (Aeolian Research, 2025)

Fluid-driven surface change in sediment-limited interdune environments and relevance to Titan - A.L. Cohen-Zada; R.C. Ewing; J. Radebaugh (Aeolian Research, 2025)

Aeolian influences on gully erosion in clay-rich soils in a humid subtropical climate, Southeast USA - Robert McSweeney; Ingrid Luffman; Arpita Nandi (Aeolian Research, 2025)

Dust transport pathways from The Great Basin - Ronald S. Treminio; Nicholas P. Webb; Saroj Dhital; Akasha Faist; Beth Newingham; Colby Brungard; David DuBois; Brandon L. Edwards; Emily Kachergis (Aeolian Research, 2025)

Lagging behind: Impact of non-native gravel within a coastal dune system - Phillip P. Schmutz; Tynon Briggs; Samantha Seals (Aeolian Research, 2025)

Combining modeling and isotopic signatures to track Aeolian dust from source to sink in the Wasatch Front, Utah, USA - Zachary Lawless; Ty Hosler; Bradley R. Adams; Gregory T. Carling (Aeolian Research, 2025)

Editorial Board (Advances in Water Resources, 2025)

The role of injection method on residual trapping: Insights into bridging scales and heterogeneity - Catherine Spurin; Sharon Ellman; Tom Bultreys; Takeshi Kurotori; Sally Benson; Hamdi A. Tchelepi (Advances in Water Resources, 2025)

Solving the discretised shallow water equations using neural networks - Boyang Chen; Amin Nadimy; Claire E. Heaney; Mohammad Kazem Sharifian; Lluis Via Estrem; Ludovico Nicotina; Arno Hilberts; Christopher C. Pain (Advances in Water Resources, 2025)

Analytical study of nonlinear consolidation effect on contaminant transport in an aquitard coupling diffusion and adsorption - Zhaofeng Li; Xi Zou; Wen Zhang; Xiaoli Wu; Yue Hu; Genxu Wang; Walter A. Illman (Advances in Water Resources, 2025)

Effect of an interface undulation on convective dissolution of CO 2 - R.M. Lucena; J. Pontes; F. Brau; A. De Wit; N. Mangiavacchi (Advances in Water Resources, 2025)

Modeling and design of air injection-based hydraulic barriers - Ilan Ben-Noah (Advances in Water Resources, 2025)

Inferring experimental colloid removal with an inverse two-population model linking continuum scale data to nanoscale features - Sabrina N. Volponi; Giovanni Porta; Bashar M. Al-Zghoul; Diogo Bolster; William P. Johnson (Advances in Water Resources, 2025)

Simplifications of macroscopic models for heat and mass transfer in porous media - Didier Lasseux; Francisco J. Valdés-Parada (Advances in Water Resources, 2025)

Group photo (New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 2025)

Assessing methods of enhancement for New Zealand blackfoot abalone ( Haliotis iris ) populations affected by mass mortality - Shawn Gerrity; David R. Schiel (New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 2025)
With the collapse of global populations, New Zealand has one of the last wild abalone fisheries. The blackfoot abalone ( Haliotis iris) supports important customary, commercial and recreational harvests, but environmental stressors and overfishing have prompted restoration and stock enhancement efforts. We used field surveys to quantify effects of the 2018 commercial outplanting of 167,000 hatchery‐raised juvenile abalone following the catastrophic Kaikōura earthquake. We tested alternative enhancement methods by outplanting swimming larvae and rocks with settled post‐larvae. Annual surveys at seven sites found that outplanted juveniles comprised 12% of the sampled population after three years, amid unexpectedly high natural recruitment. Recaptured outplants grew well at c. 25 mm yr −1 but showed poor growth at two densely populated sites. After three years, >50% of recaptured individuals had likely reached sexual maturity. Outplanting 200,000 competent swimming larvae into natural habitats had no effect after three months compared to controls. However, the outplanting of rocks settled with larvae resulted in a significantly greater density of small (≤15 mm) recruits compared to controls, signalling potential for this method as a practical and scalable enhancement strategy. The insights from this research help clarify the benefits and limitations of three stock enhancement methods and inform future efforts.

Optimising abalone settlement and metamorphosis: a red macroalgae candidate as an alternative to existing algal substrates - Gercende Courtois de Viçose; Nuria Marrero Sánchez; María del Pino Viera Toledo; Juan Manuel Afonso López (New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 2025)
Settlement induction potential of two red algae, Sahlingia subintegra and Rhodosorus marinus , and one green macroalgae, Ulvella leptochaete was examined to identify potential alternative algal species to improve reliability and reproducibility of Haliotis tuberculata sp. settlement. CCA was used as a positive control. Settlement rates, post‐larval survival and growth of Haliotis tuberculata sp. were evaluated for different algal species tested. Results showed that Sahlingia subintegra induced significantly higher settlement rates (58.17 ± 12.71%) compared to CCA, Ulvella leptochaete and Rhodosorus marinus . In all treatments, post‐larvae were weekly fed a mix of diatoms ( Amphora sp., and Navicula incerta ). At four weeks post settlement, post‐larval survival rates were significantly higher on CCA and Sahlingia subintegra substrates compared to the other two algal species tested. However, at four and five weeks post settlement there were no significant differences in post‐larval shell length and growth rates between CCA and Sahlingia subintegra substrates. These findings suggest that Sahlingia subintegra could be a promising alternative red macroalgae providing settlement cue for abalone hatchery stages, particularly for Haliotis tuberculata sp. and could contribute to improve abalone breeding techniques through the selection of alternative settlement substrates that could be easily managed in abalone farms environments.

Effects of reproductive condition on haemocyte parameters in the Pacific abalone Haliotis discus hannai during the spawning period - Pantip Sawangwong; Nan Chen; Xuan Luo; Grace Afumwaa Boamah; Jin‐Chywan Gwo; Caihuan Ke; Weiwei You (New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 2025)
The assessment of morphology and immunology of specimens at different maturity stages is essential for the determination of spawning strategy and reducing the risk of mortality. In this paper, female and male Pacific abalones ( Haliotis discus hannai ) at different statuses (pre‐spawning, spawning and post‐spawning) were collected to estimate the effects of spawning on the immune response. The haemocyte parameters, including total haemocyte counts (THC), haemocyte mortality, and reactive oxygen species production (ROS) were analysed using flow cytometry. THC decreased after spawning, which was lowest 3 days post‐spawning. Haemocyte mortality was higher during spawning, and was highest 3 days post‐spawning. Abalone also reduced their metabolic activity after spawning, reflected by an increase in ROS in both females and males. Moreover, our results show that female abalone reach the spawning period with a higher degree of activities of haemocytes and immune responses than male. The results confirmed that variability in abalone haemocytes during the spawning period might related to individual metabolic conditions.

Colour change of greenlip abalone, Haliotis Laevigata Donovan, fed dried macroalgae meals in concurrent laboratory and on‐farm trials - Mark Purvis; Krishna‐Lee Currie; Amy L. Bates; Matthew S. Bansemer; Jian G. Qin; James O. Harris; David A. J. Stone (New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 2025)
In Australia, cultured greenlip abalone ( Haliotis laevigata ) are fed formulated diets that lack macroalgae. This has resulted in a pale lip colour in contrast to the vivid green lip colour of wild abalone. We evaluated the effects of supplementing 15% dried macroalgae meal, using either commercially available macroalgae meal (MSM) or harvested Gracilaria cliftonii, on colour change in greenlip abalone . Abalone were fed the respective diets in a three month laboratory trial and an additional four month on‐farm trial. The inclusion of MSM into formulated abalone diet did not change lip, foot, or shell colour, whereas the G. cliftonii meal treatment changed lip and shell colour. The laboratory study was extended for another three months. Greenlip abalone either: (1) continued to be fed their experimental diet; or (2) the abalone were fed a diet with no dried algal meal. The colour changes observed in the first study were retained for one month, after which the colour declined. The addition of 15% G. cliftonii meal to formulated diets can be used to manipulate greenlip abalone lip and shell colour. A minimum of three months is recommended and abalone should be harvested within one month to maintain the desirable colour changes.

The metabolic fate of abalone: transport and recovery of Haliotis iris gills as a case study - Leonie Venter; Andrea C. Alfaro; Jeremie Zander Lindeque; Peet J. Jansen van Rensburg (New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 2025)
Abalone is a gourmet seafood with a high commercial value, particularly when obtained as a live product. During live transportation, abalone encounter stressors causing biochemical modifications to tolerate the changes. Using semi‐targeted metabolomics, this study characterised the left and right gill metabolite profiles of Blackfoot abalone, Haliotis iris , following transportation (48 h) and recovery (48 h). This study reports the association between left and right gill metabolites, to enhance our physiological understanding of the interplay between gills. The left gill metabolites are mainly active following transportation, while both gills partake in the metabolite response following recovery. Transportation necessitated increased metabolites linked to the glycolysis pathway, the Krebs cycle, amino acid, and nucleotide metabolism, for energy production, achieved via aerobic and anaerobic pathways. The recovery phase supported the replenishing of glycogen, triglycerides, and protein stores, albeit metabolic homeostasis was not achieved following two‐days of water immersion recovery. This study showcases the well‐adapted metabolic mechanisms implemented by H. iris in response to transportation stress and show that metabolites are in the process of returning to the same concentrations as measured pre‐transport stress. The findings herein can be applied to improve animal health during transport and subsequent survival, which in‐effect supports profitability.

Abalone recruitment patterns before and after sea urchin barrens formation in northern California: incorporating climate change - Laura Rogers‐Bennett; Shelby K. Kawana; Cynthia A. Catton; Robert Klamt; Richard Dondanville; Athena Maguire; Daniel K. Okamoto (New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 2025)
Understanding the recruitment dynamics of invertebrates in kelp forests is critical to informing climate‐ready restoration. Here we examine abalone and sea urchin recruitment (3–20 mm in size) patterns in northern California across a period of drastic change. Annual surveys were conducted before, during and after the MHW (2014–2016), the loss of a major predatory sea star (2012–2016) and the collapse of a bull kelp forest in 2014. Divers surveyed artificial reef recruitment modules (n = 12) over 20 years in an area that once supported dense bull kelp, Nereocystis leutkeana , forests and the world's largest recreational abalone fishery. From 2016 to 2022, we tracked the decline of red abalone, Haliotis rufescens , recruitment and the rise of purple sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus , recruitment. Adult densities of purple sea urchins increased as did newly settled sea urchins (

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Re‐assessment of a blackfoot abalone ( Haliotis iris ) population in Peraki Bay, New Zealand, after 45 years - Finn J. Ryder; Keith J. Sainsbury; Christopher D. Hepburn; Daniel W. Pritchard; Gaya Gnanalingam (New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 2025)
Marine species are facing an increasing number of stressors and some species once thought to be resilient to change are now threatened. It is important to understand how species populations have changed through time so that management can be adjusted accordingly, and so that achievable restoration goals can be set. However, many species lack population data at multidecadal or longer time scales. Using historical data from the 1970s, this study investigates how the dynamics of a New Zealand abalone ( Haliotis iris ), or pāua, population at Peraki Bay changed over a 45‐year period. No commercial fishing of the population occurred prior to the initial survey and limited commercial catch has been reported between surveys. Repeat monitoring of the H. iris population at a 45‐year interval indicates that a large change in population size and structure had occurred. Since 1976, there has been an 84% decrease in estimated population size. The remaining population is restricted to where juveniles were found in the original survey. These findings are consistent with conclusions, made from modelling in the 1970s, that the population seen in the 1970s was not stable and that a possible cause was temporal variability in population recruitment.

Haliotis tuberculata coccinea grow‐out performances according to diet and production systems - Nuria Marrero Sánchez; María del Pino Viera Toledo; Gercende Courtois de Viçose (New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 2025)
Haliotis tuberculata coccinea is a candidate of growing interest to diversify aquaculture in the Canary Islands, principally based on fish production, to improve aquaculture development opportunities. The economic viability of commercial abalone farming depends largely on the rearing system employed and the feeding sources employed during the grow‐out culture period. We studied the effects of two land‐based culture systems on the growth performance of abalone and the nutritional quality of their tissues, in a crossed design. Recirculated (RAS) and open flow (FLOW) culture systems were compared. Fresh macro algae (FMA) ( Gracilaria cornea and Ulva rigida ) were compared to manufactured compound feed (CF) and a mixture of both (MIX). Survival rates were high (97–100%) regardless the treatments tested. MIX and FMA diets produced the best results for Shell Growth Rate, Specific growth rates for shell growth (SGRsl) and weight (SGRw) as well as Food Conversion Ratio (FCR). The highest value for feed intake was recorded for the MIX diet. A positive relationship has been observed between the amounts of protein and lipids in diets and the disposition of these in the viscera of animals fed such diets. The rearing system used had no significant effect on growth and nutritional parameters.

Growth of juvenile red abalone ( Haliotis rufescens ) co‐cultivated with two densities of warty sea cucumber ( Apostichopus parvimensis ) - Jeremie Bauer; Rodrigo Beas‐Luna; Ricardo Searcy‐Bernal; Fiorenza Micheli; Leonardo Vázquez‐Vera; Charles Boch; Eugenio Carpizo‐Ituarte; Fabiola Lafarga‐De la Cruz; Gabriela Montaño‐Moctezuma; Julio Lorda (New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 2025)
Co‐culture of abalone and sea cucumber can result in benefits. This study investigated for 131 days the growth of juvenile red abalone ( Haliotis rufescens ) co‐cultured with two densities of warty sea cucumbers ( Apostichopus parvimensis ). The initial mean (± SE) shell length of 1080 red abalone was 26.74 ± 1.04 mm, with a wet weight of 5.64 ± 0.12 g. The average weight of nine sea cucumbers was 175.26 ± 2.22 g. One experimental treatment had low density (LD) of sea cucumbers with a ratio of 1 gram of abalone to 0.25 grams of sea cucumber. The other, high density (HD) with a ratio of 1 gram of abalone to 0.50 grams of sea cucumber and a control treatment without sea cucumbers. There were no differences in abalone growth between treatments and the control; the only differences were among HD and LD. Abalone from the HD treatment had 19.40% higher growth than the control and 20.94% than the LD. Overall, the sea cucumbers in both treatments showed a decrease in body weight, 17.15% in the HD and 6.13% in the LD. We hope our results encourage further studies for developing multitrophic aquaculture in the Northeastern Pacific.

Shellogy: reading abalone shells to empower reef‐scale management - Jeremy D. Prince (New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 2025)
Developing spatially explicit assessment and management techniques that engage stakeholder behaviour has been an enduring priority for fisheries targeting benthic marine invertebrates like abalone. This study describes the basis of ‘Shellogy’; a concept with the potential to empower reef‐scaled management by using shell morphology to qualitatively evaluate abalone populations and their variability. The premise of shellogy is that a range of shell characteristics, previously established as distinguishing between populations with differing life history parameters, are also indicative of relative age and stage of maturation. Using the analysis of existing data, literature synthesis and illustrations, together with simulation of length frequency histograms, this study establishes from first principles that the morphometric ratios of abalone shells, along with superficial internal and external shell characteristics, change predictably with age and maturation. This study explains how recognising the connection between shell shape, and relative age and maturity, enables the appearance of shells in populations and catches, to be used to inform qualitative reef‐scale assessment and facilitate stakeholder engagement with reef‐scale management initiatives.

Abalone research in a changing world - Andrea C. Alfaro; Norman L. C. Ragg; Leonie Venter (New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 2025)

Worldwide abalone production: an update - Peter A. Cook (New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 2025)
This paper presents a review of information presented at the 11th International Abalone Symposium, held in New Zealand in February 2023, where representatives from a range of countries presented data on abalone production in their region. The total quantity of abalone produced on farms worldwide has increased significantly in recent years, whilst abalone fisheries have declined. Production from fisheries was almost 20,000 mt in the 1970s but was only about 5850 mt in 2020/21. Over the same period, farm production has increased from negligible quantities in the 1970s to 243,506 mt in 2020/21. China and South Korea produce the largest quantities of abalone. Illegal exploitation, particularly in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, is still a significant problem. Prices paid for abalone on the world market are variable, and depend on a number of factors. China is both a major producer and consumer of abalone, and although there was a fear that over‐production in China could be a threat to worldwide market prices, this has not been the experience to date.

Combining a novel outplant module with metareplication to further abalone restoration capacity in California - Adam Obaza; Amanda Bird; Dave Witting; Heather Burdick; Benjamin Grime; Melissa Neuman (New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 2025)
Species reintroductions require large resource investments for rearing and placement and are further complicated by the paucity of robust monitoring regimes. Nonetheless, continued population declines in many species necessitate such actions. The white abalone ( Haliotis sorenseni ) in California has experienced steep population declines and a reintroduction programme through outplanting juvenile, captive‐bred abalone is considered necessary for its recovery. A novel module known as the Short‐term Abalone Fixed Enclosure (SAFE) was developed to allow red abalone ( H. rufescens ), a surrogate species that is not endangered and co‐occurs with white abalone, a period of adjustment before dispersing. Outplant events were conducted at multiple sites in California, USA and monitored regularly for shells and live animals in a process known as metareplication, considered essential for robust outplant reporting. Time‐lapse cameras were also placed on SAFEs to document predator visitation. Live animals and shells both increased on‐site throughout the first six months and declined thereafter, with most animals unaccounted for. Empty shells on site were considered a proxy for the mortality rate and the lack of encounters after a short period suggests successful emigration from modules into the reef habitat. Predator visitation was generally low, and no significant differences were found across outplant periods. Results from this study indicate outplant mortality may peak early and predator activity is generally low and unrelated to abalone introduction. This vital step illustrates this outplant method may be an effective tool in restoring abalone to subtidal rocky reefs.

Allocations, quota and abalone fishery management: the Tragedy of the commons revisited - David R. Schiel; Shawn Gerrity; Shane Orchard (New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 2025)
Fisheries management uses a variety of methods to assess stocks, assign quota or allocations, and calculate potential for sustainability. In the New Zealand abalone (pāua) fishery, neither the total stocks nor amount removed in any fishing year are well‐known because a major portion is fished ‘recreationally’, for which there is no requirement for a licence or catch reporting. Actual harvests relative to allocations cannot be established until well after the fishing season, and require data not typically collected. This was demonstrated over a 3‐month fishing season opened after a 5‐year closure along the earthquake‐affected northeastern coast of the South Island. Recreational fishers removed c.74% of nearshore biomass of Haliotis iris populations. This was, in effect, a Tragedy of the Commons, whereby a common resource is exploited by those who harvest first, with scant regard for what remains. The underlying weakness is in the recreational fishing management rules which, in this instance, provide stark lessons in why abalone populations have come under pressure worldwide. We discuss concepts, prior knowledge, inertia in management, and a potential way forward, with the aim of preventing serial depletion of pāua populations and fostering more effective management that ends the Tragedy of the Commons.

Expanding the menu for New Zealand farmed abalone: dietary inclusion of insect meal and grape marc (effects on gastrointestinal microbiome, digestive morphology, and muscle metabolome) - Natalia Bullon; Andrea C. Alfaro; Jinchen Guo; Joanna Copedo; Thao V. Nguyen; Ali Seyfoddin (New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 2025)
Limited supply of sustainable feed ingredients is a significant concern for future aquaculture practices. Alternative ingredients, such as insect meal and grape marc, are suitable for aquaculture nutrition due to their nutritional profile and more sustainable production methods. This study assessed the effect of dietary insect meal and grape marc on gut microbial composition, digestive system morphology, and muscle metabolome of Haliotis iris . Juvenile abalone were fed four encapsulated experimental diets with varying levels of insect meal/grape marc and a commercial feed for 165 days in a commercial farm. The gut health of abalone was evaluated through histopathology, and 16S rRNA amplicon libraries through Illumina MiSeq sequencing. The abalone metabolome was evaluated through gas chromatography‐mass spectrometry (GC‐MS). Results showed that animals had good intestinal condition across all dietary treatments. Microbiome analysis revealed increased relative abundances of bacteria ( Firmicutes and Fusobacterium ) associated with the breakdown of polysaccharides in diets including insect meal and grape marc. Metabolite profile variations indicate that the inclusion of insect meal and grape marc favoured fatty acid metabolism and amino acid catabolism, respectively. This study provides foundation to produce more sustainable feeds including insect meal and grape marc without affecting the gut and overall health of abalone.

The complete mitogenome of Haliotis asinina (Gastropoda, Haliotidae) from Malaysian waters provides further insights into the phylogeny of the abalone - Nur‐Syahirah Mamat; Yuzine Esa; Nur Leena W. S. Wong; Siti‐Azizah Mohd Nor; Nazia Abdul Kadar; Julia D. Sigwart; Aziz Arshad (New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 2025)
Due to its high economic importance, the aquaculture of abalone has developed significantly as a global industry. However, there is still limited studies of abalone in Malaysia. Therefore, the complete mitochondrial genome of the tropical abalone, Haliotis asinina (Linnaeus 1758) sampled in the Malaysian waters is sequenced and analysed for the first time. The mitogenome is 16399 base pairs (bp) in length and contains 13 protein coding genes (PCGs), 2 ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes and 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes. The arrangement and orientation of genes compared with 10 available Haliotis mitogenomes were found to be identical. Phylogenetic analysis was conducted to assess their evolutionary relationships. The phylogenetic tree shows that H. asinina is closely related to H. ovina, H. diversicolor, H. varia, H. rubra and H. tuberculata. The genetic information gleaned from this study will be invaluable for the further studies of H. asinina especially on population genetics and improvement of aquaculture in the face of climate change effects.

Growth and survival of juvenile red abalone ( Haliotis rufescens ) fed invasive macroalgae - Jeremie Bauer; Rodrigo Beas‐Luna; Misael Emeterio‐Cerecero; Juan Vaca‐Rodríguez; Gabriela Montaño‐Moctezuma; Julio Lorda (New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 2025)
Abalone is one of the most important small‐scale fisheries in Mexico and is challenged by multiple stressors. For example, the loss of the native main food, Macrocystis pyrifera, and the subsequent takeover of non‐indigenous algae species represent a major threat to abalone growth and survival. In Baja California, Mexico two introduced macroalgae, Undaria pinnatifida and Sargassum horneri have become common in the past decade with unknown consequences on native herbivores. In this work, we explored the effect of these invasive algae on the growth and survival of juvenile red abalone, Haliotis rufescens. One hundred and ten juvenile red abalone were tagged and fed with invasive algae U. pinnatifida and S. horneri , and a control with M. pyrifera . Then, the shell length, body weight, and survivorship were assessed monthly for 90 days. Results show that abalone fed U. pinnatifida had a total growth in length, weight, and survivorship, similar to those fed native M. pyrifera . In contrast, abalone fed S. horneri had significantly lower overall performance. Marine heatwaves and other climatic impacts are expected to favour the establishment of invasive species. These results may be relevant to inform local fisheries and management efforts in this area under future scenarios.

Assessment of Fruit Waste as Feed Additives in Aquafeed for Growth Performance and Health Benefits of Fishes Under Biofloc Technology - Muhammad Aliyu Sulaiman; Lee Yih Nin; S. M. Nurul Amin; Ravi Fotedar; Fatimah Md Yusoff; Julia Hwei Zhong Moh (Reviews in Aquaculture, 2025)
The rising demand for fish and crustacean products has placed significant pressure on traditional aquaculture practices, which are increasingly unsustainable. Utilizing fruit waste as a feed ingredient in biofloc systems presents a promising solution for enhancing the sustainability and cost‐efficiency of fish farming. Studies have demonstrated that the incorporation of fruit waste into aquafeed improves growth performance, feed utilization, and health outcomes in aquatic animals. This practice also addresses waste management issues and reduces dependency on conventional feed ingredients, which are becoming more expensive. However, factors such as the availability sustainability and scalability of fruit waste, remain important considerations. Research has shown that fish and crustacean fed diets supplemented with fruit waste exhibit superior growth, survival rates, and health compared to those on conventional diets. The highest weight gain and specific growth rates were observed in those fishes, with normal liver and intestinal histopathology. Additionally, fruit waste diets significantly enhanced hematological parameters, such as hemoglobin, red blood cells, and white blood cells, leading to improved immune responses and resilience during stress.

Polysaccharide‐Induced Immunoregulation, Signaling Pathways, and Stress Mitigation in Aquaculture Animals: A Review - Md. Akibul Hasan Bakky; Peijun Yi; Ngoc Tuan Tran; Qian Sun; Ming Zhang; Yueling Zhang; Shengkang Li (Reviews in Aquaculture, 2025)
Aquaculture, encompassing the cultivation of diverse saltwater and freshwater fish and shellfish species, is rapidly expanding, driven by the pressing need for sustainable food production. However, intensified farming practices often lead to significant economic losses due to fish mortality from infectious diseases and stress‐related conditions. Consequently, enhancing the immune responses of farmed species has become vital for sustainable management. This has encouraged a growing interest in natural and eco‐friendly bioactive compounds as alternatives to synthetic chemicals for disease prevention. Among these, polysaccharides from various natural sources have emerged as promising candidates, administered through dietary inclusion, intraperitoneal injection, or immersion. As prebiotics, these polysaccharides enhance the immunity and overall health of aquaculture species by modulating both innate and adaptive immune responses, including lysozyme activity, phagocytosis, and cytokine production. This review critically examines the latest advances in polysaccharide‐induced immunoregulation, highlighting their influence on key signaling pathways, which play pivotal roles in immune modulation. Additionally, the potential of polysaccharides to mitigate stress caused by environmental factors is discussed, demonstrating their ability to enhance growth performance and disease resistance. The collective findings underscore the value of polysaccharides as sustainable alternatives to antibiotics, aligning with the increasing consumer demand for antibiotic‐free aquaculture products and supporting the advancement of global aquaculture sustainability.

Can the Emerging European Seaweed Industry Contribute to Climate Change Mitigation by Enhancing Carbon Sequestration? - Maxine C. Canvin; Ana R. Borrero‐Santiago; Tom Brook; Mollie Gupta; Jessica Knoop; Georgina Menage; Pippa J. Moore; Nessa E. O'Connor; Aurora M. Ricart; Dan A. Smale (Reviews in Aquaculture, 2025)
Blue carbon habitats, which exhibit high rates of natural carbon sequestration, typically refer to salt marshes, seagrass meadows, and mangrove forests. Recent studies, however, have argued for the inclusion of seaweed‐dominated habitats, like kelp forests, into blue carbon frameworks. Farmed seaweed may also function as a blue carbon habitat, with large‐scale seaweed aquaculture suggested as a climate change mitigation strategy, but the evidence base remains limited. Here, existing knowledge on the mechanisms influencing carbon uptake, release, transport, and storage from kelp farms was synthesised, and a literature review was conducted to quantify associated rates of carbon sequestration. We identified strong geographical and methodological biases in the literature, with the majority of studies conducted in Asia and focusing on primary production rates as a proxy for carbon sequestration potential. Estimates of carbon release and storage rates were highly variable across locations, species, and approaches, and a scarcity of research on dissolved organic carbon, sedimentary carbon, and net ecosystem productivity was identified. Although the European kelp farming industry is in its infancy, it is predicted to expand to meet increasing demand for seaweed biomass. This is incentivised by perceived associated ecosystem service benefits such as enhanced carbon sequestration. However, multiple factors including environmental concerns, a lack of quantitative evidence, operational challenges, and regulatory complexities hinder industry expansion. Based on both the synthesised empirical evidence and an examination of key barriers and knowledge gaps, we identify future challenges and research priorities needed to assess the role of seaweed farming for climate change mitigation.

Toward Resilient Aquaculture in Africa: Innovative and Sustainable Aquafeeds Through Alternative Protein Sources - Stanley Iheanacho; Stéphanie Céline Hornburg; Carsten Schulz; Frederik Kaiser (Reviews in Aquaculture, 2025)
The aquaculture industry is a significant source of food proteins and other essential nutrients, providing the much‐needed requirements for human nutrition. However, identifying sustainable and affordable feed ingredients for a growing aquaculture sector remains a significant challenge for the industry. The African aquaculture sector, in particular, is developing discernibly but faces distinct socioeconomic and infrastructural challenges. Elevated usage of fishmeal is financially challenging and associated with significant socioeconomic and ecological risks. This review examines the potential alternative feed protein sources for the sustainable growth of the African aquaculture sector while addressing associated challenges, including lack of processing technology and investments, availability, economic viability, policy regulations, social conflicts, and anti‐nutritive substances. Alternative proteins have considerable potential for the African aquaculture industry in terms of sustainability and economic viability. By‐products from animals could be the most promising alternative for the near future, as they are cost‐effective, available, and do not compete with humans as a protein source. Insect proteins have the most promising potential alternatives but lack utilization and compete with human consumption. Shortfalls in processing technology, infrastructure, and targeted investments are significant bottlenecks that must be resolved to increase African aquaculture production.

Viral Pathogens in Free‐Living Salmonids: Aquaculture and Ecosystem Implications - David Tapia; Daniel Gomez‐Uchida; Ale Garin‐Fernandez; José M. Yáñez; Yoanna Eissler; Cristian B. Canales‐Aguirre (Reviews in Aquaculture, 2025)
Salmonids play vital ecological and economic roles and have been introduced to many regions worldwide. When not held captive in farms, they can be classified as free‐living salmonids, a group that includes native, feral, and naturalized populations, as well as fish that have escaped from aquaculture facilities. Compared to farmed salmonids, knowledge of viral infections affecting free‐living populations remains limited, creating a significant gap in understanding the ecological impacts of interactions between aquaculture and natural ecosystems. To address this knowledge gap, we reviewed global reports and summarized the information on viruses infecting free‐living salmonids. Most viral detections reported in the reviewed studies were found in native wild salmonids, with escaped salmon ranking second in detection frequency. Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar ), sockeye salmon ( Oncorhynchus nerka ), and brown trout ( Salmo trutta ) were the most commonly reported host species. The most frequently reported viruses included infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV), piscine orthoreovirus (PRV), infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV), and infectious salmon anemia virus (ISAV). Evidence from some studies suggests a bidirectional transmission of viruses between farmed and free‐living salmonids, highlighting the complex interplay between these groups. Beyond their potential role as reservoirs for aquaculture pathogens, free‐living salmonids may also be negatively impacted by viruses from farmed fish, contributing to the decline of native populations. By enhancing our understanding of the prevalence and impacts of viral infections in free‐living salmonids, we can inform future research and management strategies to protect the health of both farmed and wild fish populations.

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An In‐Depth Analysis of the Finfish Aquaculture in Türkiye: Current Status, Challenges, and Future Prospects - İlhan Aydın; Rafet Çağrı Öztürk; Orhan Tufan Eroldoğan; Murat Arslan; Yahya Terzi; Sevdan Yılmaz; Gürkan Diken; Önder Yıldırım; Türker Bodur; Nejdet Gültepe; Ömer Alper Erdem; Ece Evliyaoğlu; et al. (Reviews in Aquaculture, 2025)
Aquaculture emerges as a crucial solution for addressing the global food shortage of an estimated 10 billion people by 2050. In Türkiye, aquaculture plays a significant role in supporting the economy and ensuring food security. Over the past two decades, finfish production in Türkiye surged from 61,163 to 547,505 t, generating $1.7 billion in export revenue across over 100 countries. This growth has been driven by technological advancements, robust governmental support, and increasing global demand for aquaculture products. However, the sector also faces persistent challenges, including the need to enhance sustainability, mitigate ecological impacts, and manage finite resources. As Europe's leading fish producer, the Turkish aquaculture sector must continue to innovate and expand to meet the demands of a growing population. Despite the expanding research on Turkish finfish aquaculture, there is no comprehensive review that consolidates both scientific progress and sectoral developments. This study fills that void by combining a bibliometric analysis of 1958 scientific publications from 1983 to 2023 with an in‐depth sectoral evaluation, providing a holistic understanding of the Turkish aquaculture sector. The bibliometric analysis highlights key research areas, trends, and knowledge gaps, while the sectoral overview examines production trends, dynamics of the feed industry, technological innovations, and economic factors. It also addresses challenges such as climate change impacts, reliance on imported feed ingredients, and disease issues, discussing potential avenues for sustainable growth through innovation, policy reforms, and technological integration. This review serves as a valuable resource for researchers, policymakers, and industry stakeholders, offering insights into the current state and future directions of finfish aquaculture in Türkiye.

The State‐of‐the‐Art of Aquafeed Extrusion: Mechanisms, Challenges and Opportunities - Jordan Pennells; Michael Salini; Artur Rombenso; Cedric Simon; Danyang Ying (Reviews in Aquaculture, 2025)
To sustain the expanding volume of aquaculture production, there is significant demand for an affordable supply of energy and nutrients to aquatic species. High‐quality feed is essential to ensure the productivity, sustainability and economic viability of aquaculture systems. Over the past 30–40 years, extrusion technology has emerged as an efficient method to produce high‐quality feed with enhanced functional attributes, such as digestibility, palatability, buoyancy and water stability. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the current state‐of‐the‐art in aquafeed extrusion, highlighting the mechanisms underpinning extrusion technology, challenges for industrial production and future opportunities in this field. Through bibliometric analysis, we examine the evolution of aquaculture feeding techniques and their impact on feed quality and fish growth performance. Comparisons between pelletised and extruded feeds highlight advancements in extrusion methods, which offer superior nutrient retention and feed conversion efficiency. We elucidate the scientific principles of feed extrusion, including the effects of temperature, moisture and mechanical energy on feed properties. Despite significant progress, key challenges remain for the production of extruded feed, such as ingredient variability, operational complexity, diverse product requirements and waste management. Conversely, we explore opportunities for extrusion technology, emphasising predictive characterisation, extrusion modelling, and AI‐driven quality control. The review concludes with a perspective of the industrial context, discussing the commercial drivers for aquafeed milling, insights from industry stakeholders and future directions for commercial research and development. This review offers researchers, technologists and industry stakeholders a comprehensive understanding of the current landscape, challenges and future prospects for extruded aquafeed production.

The Fertilization of Synbiotic Systems in the Intensive Culture of Penaeus vannamei - Otávio Augusto Lacerda Ferreira Pimentel; Wilson Wasielesky; Luis Otavio Brito; Luke Aaron Roy; Nicholas Romano; Dariano Krummenauer (Reviews in Aquaculture, 2025)
Over the years, the intensification of shrimp Penaeus vannamei production has brought challenges such as disease outbreaks and increases in the nutrient loading of effluents. To be more environmentally friendly as production systems intensified, it became necessary to create systems with a high degree of biosecurity and toward efficiency in water and land use. Thus, microbial‐based systems, such as the biofloc, were pioneered to support industry growth and market demand for shrimp. Currently, a derivation of biofloc has emerged and is gaining ground in the shrimp industry, which is the synbiotic system. Synbiotic systems are microbially based and are characterized by fertilizing the culture water with vegetable bran (prebiotics) that were processed by fermentation and/or microbial respiration by probiotic microorganisms. The fertilization strategy creates conditions similar to a natural environment by supporting microbial loop development, controlling water quality, and suppressing harmful, and pathogenic microorganisms. The synbiotic system is still new and without standard fertilization protocols, which has leads to dissimilar results between laboratory research and commercial farms. Therefore, this review is focused on describing the different fertilization procedures used in the synbiotic system for P. vannamei intensive culture, the importance of each fertilizer component, as well as the processing strategies. Furthermore, in this study, we seek to demonstrate perspectives and recommend future research topics to better understand the advantages and disadvantages of this production system.

Anti‐Sea Lice Veterinary Medicinal Products on Salmon Farms: A Review and Analysis of Their Usage Patterns, Environmental Fate and Hazard Potential - Aoife E. Parsons; Rosa H. Escobar‐Lux; Rita Hannisdal; Ann‐Lisbeth Agnalt; Ole B. Samuelsen (Reviews in Aquaculture, 2025)
Aquaculture is expanding globally and the environmental implications associated with this growth, including the increasing use of chemicals in aquatic locations, are an emerging concern for environmental legislators. Veterinary medicinal products (VMP) are used as chemotherapeutants to control sea lice infestations on open‐net pen salmon farms and questions have been raised about their potential to cause adverse effects on marine ecosystems. The current study analyses the usage patterns of anti‐sea lice VMPs in major salmonid aquaculture regions and reviews the current knowledge on their mode of action, routes into the environment and environmental fate. We subsequently evaluate their hazard potential by performing a toxicity assessment and deriving up‐to‐date preliminary environmental quality standards (EQS). We demonstrate that the use of anti‐sea lice VMPs varies between the major salmon‐producing countries, with quantities varying over time and depending on the chemical. Norway and Chile use the highest quantity of chemical treatments, consistent with their higher salmon production capacity, and while the reliance on some chemicals has decreased the use of newly authorised chemicals has increased. Our toxicity assessment revealed that there was sufficient reliable acute toxicity data to derive EQS for five of the selected anti‐sea lice VMPs using the probabilistic method of constructing species sensitivities distribution curves. However, insufficient chronic and sediment toxicity data were available for all chemicals and therefore EQS were derived using the traditional deterministic method. The information presented in this review can guide future research and facilitate better environmental risk assessments of chemotherapeutant used on salmon farms.

A Review on the Effects of the Doubled Maternal Genome in Triploids With a Suggested Pathway to Improving Their Performance in Aquaculture by Purging Deleterious Genes - Tom J. Hansen; Alison C. Harvey; Angelico Madaro; Aurélien Delaval; Kevin A. Glover; Monica F. Solberg; Thomas W. K. Fraser; Per Gunnar Fjelldal (Reviews in Aquaculture, 2025)
Triploid fish are usually sterile, a trait which reduces unwanted sexual maturation in fish farming and eliminates the risk for negative genetic effects of escapees on wild stocks. The triploid state, normally established through a doubling of the maternal genome, consists of two chromosome sets from the mother and one from the father. The increase in genome size is accompanied by an increase in cell volume and reduction in cell number that are associated with physiological effects which have been described in several studies. The doubled maternal genome is also mirrored in the triploid phenotype whereby meristic characters, growth, and physiology, are commonly biased towards that of the dam. However, chromosome doubling techniques are also known to give strong inbreeding effects. In meiotic gynogenes, this is seen in fitness‐related traits such as reduced survival, especially during early life, an increase in deformities, and lower growth. The same effects on fitness, although to a milder degree, are seen in triploids, which supports the hypothesis that they are also affected by inbreeding. Producing triploids by interploidy alleviate the inbreeding problem as the tetraploids can be crossbred to increase their heterozygosity. However, producing tetraploid broodstocks is both challenging and time and resource demanding. An alternative approach is to establish a triploid founder broodstock through one generation of gynogenesis. The gynogenesis will eliminate the lethal alleles, and by selecting the best performing individuals from the best performing families, one will also partially eliminate recessive deleterious alleles, increasing the fitness of the resulting triploid population.

Potential Natural Plant Polysaccharides for Use as Feed Additives in Aquaculture: Structure–Activity Relationship, Benefits, and Restrictions - Longhui Liu; Zhangfan Huang; Zhongbao Li (Reviews in Aquaculture, 2025)
Some potential natural plant polysaccharides (PNPP) exhibit a diverse array of beneficial biological activities and are increasingly utilized as feed additives in environmentally sustainable aquaculture. This review summarizes the extraction and purification methods, as well as the processes involved in obtaining natural plant polysaccharides. Subsequently, we provide an in‐depth discussion on the relationship between the structural characteristics of PNPP and their associated biological activities. Following this, we highlight the advantageous effects of Astragalus polysaccharides, Lycium barbarum polysaccharides, and other PNPP within aquaculture settings. We also briefly elucidate the pathways and mechanisms underlying these beneficial effects based on their biological properties. Finally, we outline the limitations currently faced in applying these PNPP to aquatic farming while proposing future directions for development in this field. This review aims to enhance understanding of potential natural plant polysaccharides and offers a theoretical foundation for forthcoming research and applications within aquaculture.

Biodiversity—The Cornerstone of Sustainable Aquaculture Development: Insights From the Breeding of Approved Fish Varieties for Aquaculture From 1996 to 2024 in China - Zhuning Liu; Chongnv Wang; Baocheng Guo (Reviews in Aquaculture, 2025)
Aquaculture, especially fish farming, plays a critical role in sustainable food production worldwide, with human consumption of fish and fish products exceeding that of capture fisheries. While aquatic species constitute an invaluable reserve of biodiversity, the values of biodiversity in aquaculture remain largely unacknowledged. China is not only the most significant consumer but also the most prominent contributor to global aquaculture production. This study delineates the characteristics of 150 fish varieties approved for aquaculture in China between 1996 and 2024, including species diversity, habitat distribution, and trophic level of their germplasm resources, to illustrate why biodiversity matters in our food systems. Our results reveal an increasing trend in the use of native fish species, which inhabit diverse habitats and occupy higher trophic levels, in the cultivation of novel fish varieties for aquaculture. We also found that 81 (54%) of the 150 approved varieties involved multiple germplasm resources with 46 (30.7%) being interspecific. These observations emphasize the reliance of aquaculture breeding on the diversity of germplasm resources, which fundamentally depend on natural biodiversity. Taken together, the breeding practices adopted for the approved fish varieties in China highlight the significance of biodiversity conservation in the sustainable advancement of aquaculture.

Strengthening African Aquaculture - Giovanni M. Turchini; Nie Pin (Reviews in Aquaculture, 2025)

Revisiting the History of Ornamental Aquaculture in Europe to Understand the Benefits and Drawbacks of Freshwater Fish Imports - Jindřich Novák; Dieter Hohl; Martin Stuchlík; Jaroslav Hofmann; Michael F. Tlusty; André Lincoln Barroso Magalhães; Alberto Maceda‐Veiga; Surya Gentha Akmal; Gen Hua Yue; Pradeep Kumkar; Sean M. Marr; Joseph R. Sara; et al. (Reviews in Aquaculture, 2025)
Ornamental aquaculture and fishkeeping are very popular with millions of enthusiasts worldwide. The number of newly imported fish species for ornamental purposes grew slowly from World War I until the 1980s. It then exponentially increased until now with more than 7900 species and a large number of scientifically undescribed morphotypes. Here we present the first comprehensive review of freshwater and brackish fish importations during the boom of ornamental fish keeping at the turn of the Millennium and discuss this with a cultural and socio‐economic lens in the European context. The increase in imports accelerated following the availability of air transport and the end of the Cold War. From the list of traded species, the largest number of species imported for ornamental purposes was found in the following groups: armored loricariid catfish (family Loricariidae), cory catfish (family Callichthyidae, subfamily Callichthyinae), cichlids of African Great Lakes (order Cichliformes), killifish (egg‐laying species of the order Cyprinodontiformes), and characids (order Characiformes). These taxa represent ca. 74% of all fresh and brackish water ornamental fish species. The species of fish with the ability to absorb atmospheric oxygen (e.g., Belontidae, including gouramis and bettas) have dominated the market, but their ratio to the other species has declined during the modern era of ornamental aquaculture (after the end of WWI). By identifying the most popular aquarium species traded through the history of the aquarium trade, our findings aim to guide present‐day management of ornamental aquaculture and better inform invasion risk assessments.

Knowledge Gaps Concerning Bioactive Compounds in Fish Feed - Stanley Iheanacho; Stéphanie Céline Hornburg; Carsten Schulz; Frederik Kaiser (Reviews in Aquaculture, 2025)

Metabolism, Function, Molecular Mechanism, and Application of Carotenoids in Coloration of Aquatic Animals - Yongguan Liao; Bo Zhang; Deshou Wang; Dongneng Jiang; Chunhua Zhu; Siping Deng; Huapu Chen; Guangli Li; Hongjuan Shi (Reviews in Aquaculture, 2025)
Among vertebrates, aquatic animals have a wide variety of body color. Yellow and red coloration, an important economic trait of aquatic animals, plays pivotal roles in ornamental value and consumption. Fish possess the most chromatophore types in vertebrates, and carotenoids primarily contribute to erythrophore and xanthophore pigmentation. Carotenoid metabolism and regulation of chromatophore development have long been a focus of selective breeding programs in fish. In crustaceans, carotenoids have been proven to be involved in enhancing coloration. However, the carotenoid requirements vary among different aquatic animals. The metabolic pathways in vivo and biochemical processes have not been well summarized. Thus, in this review, we introduced various types of carotenoids and their metabolic pathways in different aquatic species and described a similar mechanism of ketocarotenoid biosynthesis in fish and birds. We have focused on carotenoid metabolism processes and several significant genes involved in the coloration of vertebrates, such as scavenger receptors, apolipoproteins, ketolases, and β‐carotene oxygenase, and their applications in aquaculture. In addition, we also summarized the current problems of carotenoid addition in diets and emphasized the importance of aquatic breeding and molecular biotechnology in carotenoid coloration and ornamental fish breeding. Finally, we provided our perspectives on fish carotenoid pigmentation research and the aquatic industry. This review will enhance our understanding of fish carotenoid metabolism as well as provide deeper insights into the molecular mechanism of fish muscle and skin pigmentation. It will benefit the production of feed additives and selective breeding for ornamental aquatic animals.

The Nutritional Aspects of Cannibalism in Crustacean Aquaculture: With Emphasis on Cultured Tropical Spiny Lobsters - Mohamed B. Codabaccus; Tara R. Kelly; Quinn P. Fitzgibbon; Chris G. Carter; Gregory G. Smith (Reviews in Aquaculture, 2025)
Cannibalism in high‐value crustacean species, such as mud crab, clawed lobster, and spiny lobster, is a major impediment to commercial aquaculture due to its significant impact on survival and, hence, production. Knowledge of the nutrition acquired from consuming conspecifics may inform whether nutrient limitation is a primary reason for cannibalism, and if so, assist with feed formulation to prevent cannibalism. While feed shortages are usually not a limitation in aquaculture, nutrient limitation due to inefficient feed intake should not be disregarded, especially with formulated feeds. Additionally, unique nutrients may be absent from formulated feeds, the deficit of which may play a role in triggering cannibalism. The reasons for cannibalism in crustacean aquaculture are still unclear and possibly involve several factors, including feed availability, population density, life stages, resource competition, and prey vulnerability. In general, various forms of cannibalism exist that may have multiple drivers, including nutritional (e.g., state of hunger and lack of specific nutrient), behavioral (e.g., mating and aggression), ecological (e.g., population structure) and environmental (e.g., space limitation). In crustaceans, cannibalism occurs generally when animals are vulnerable; this may coincide with moulting events or through the lack of habitat complexity or density restrictions. The simultaneous occurrence of multiple factors influencing cannibalism in crustacean culture constitutes a major challenge for evaluating the relative significance of nutrition to cannibalism. In this review, we examine cannibalism, its drivers, and its relationship to nutrition in numerous terrestrial and aquatic species, with emphasis on crustaceans, particularly the tropical spiny lobster, Panulirus ornatus .

Large‐Scale Environmental Drivers of Kelp Biofouling Based on Literature Data - Victoria Delannoy; María Algueró‐Muñiz; Eleni Christoforou; Yacob Haddou; Annabell Macphee; Keri McEachnie; Kyla Orr; Sofie Spatharis (Reviews in Aquaculture, 2025)
Macroalgae are increasingly studied for their critical contributions to coastal ecosystems, their potential to mitigate climate change, and their promise as a sustainable food source. While wild macroalgae host diverse epiphytic and invertebrate epibiont communities that enhance biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, biofouling epibionts on farmed macroalgae can negatively impact growth, physiology, and product quality. Although an increasing number of longitudinal studies are trying to establish the drivers of macroalgae biofouling, localized approaches lack sufficient contrasts in environmental conditions to reveal macroecological patterns in epibiont occurrence. To gain these contrasts, we analyze data on macroalgae and epibiont taxonomy, study location, and environmental conditions that we have compiled from a systematic literature review and from Marine Copernicus and NASA‐OBPG databases of marine data. Our results show that 58.18% of macroalgae epibiont studies focus on the North‐East Atlantic coast, which is particularly useful in understanding the potential for the expansion of seaweed aquaculture in this region. Bryozoan fouling depends on sea surface temperature (SST) and an increased biofouling risk was predicted for latitudes greater than 58° in the NE Atlantic coast and around coastal areas in Scotland with cold freshwater inflows. Hydrozoans and gastropods showed a higher probability of occurring on farmed or planted as opposed to wild kelp, whereas gastropods tended to be absent at salinities lower than 30 psu. Our findings provide a first basis for understanding seaweed biofouling risks in the North‐East Atlantic and can serve for the spatial planning of the positioning of new seaweed farms.

Shot in the Foot: Unintended Consequences of Using Inorganic Fertilizer in Commercial Tropical Eucheumatoid Seaweed Farming - Michael Y. Roleda; Albaris B. Tahiluddin; Iain C. Neish; Alan T. Critchley (Reviews in Aquaculture, 2025)
Seaweeds, like all primary producers, require macronutrients (C, N, P) for the synthesis of organic molecules through photosynthesis to support growth and accumulation of storage compounds, including cell wall polysaccharides, for example, agar, carrageenan, and alginates, that have numerous industrial applications. The commercial production of tropical eucheumatoids has been reliant on natural streams of inorganic nutrients. Recently, the prevalent use of inorganic fertilizer in seaweed farming in the southern Philippines was allegedly initiated to boost seaweed health and avert crop failure due to pests and diseases; however, it may also be economically driven to increase biomass production with a shorter crop period that is vital for the livelihood of the marginalized coastal inhabitants. Consequently, the harvest of fast‐growing but immature crops whose tissues are replete with nutrients could compromise the carrageenan yield and rheology, and, more importantly, its organic status. Moreover, the indiscriminate use and disposal of inorganic fertilizer in algoculture pose the potential for ecological disaster.

Correction to “Can the Emerging European Seaweed Industry Contribute to Climate Change Mitigation by Enhancing Carbon Sequestration?” (Reviews in Aquaculture, 2025)

The Legend Continues: The Critical Evidence Showing the Bivalve Farming Is a Carbon Sink With a Novel Budget Framework - Jianyu He; Zhuoyi Zhu; Xiaojun Yan (Reviews in Aquaculture, 2025)

Generation of site-specific nearshore bathymetry algorithms using remote sensing and GIS: a case study of Southern coastal regions of India - Mousumi Dey; Kalyan Sundar Som; Senjuti Nandy; Satish B. Chavan (Discover Oceans, 2025)

Editorial Board (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Effects of shrub microhabitats on taxonomic and functional diversity of soil microarthropods under grazing regimes in desertified regions - Jiancai Sun; Rentao Liu; Marcelo Sternberg; Zhimin Yang; Ying Tian (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Unveiling changes in the rhizosphere bacteriome of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) inbred lines linked to their resistance to the soil borne pathogen Verticillium dahliae Kleb - Emiliano Ben Guerrero; Ana V. Lasa; Pablo Aguilera; Antonio J. Fernández-González; María Carolina Martínez; Jesús Mercado-Blanco; Manuel Fernández-López; Norma Paniego (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Reforestation practices have varied the resilience of nosZ-type denitrifier communities: A 40-year soil chronosequence study - Haoyan Xiao; Hanxia Yu; Juntao Wang; Lulu He; Zhenyu Wang; Yanrong Fu; Xiaohua Wan; Jason K. Reynolds; Zhiqun Huang (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Geographical and environmental drivers of ureolytic microbial communities and their roles in nitrogen cycling under fertilization - Haoxin Fan; Ziqi Su; Xincheng Hong; Feng Gao; Huaiying Yao (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Nematodes are a dynamic and novel soil health indicator in a cover cropped tree system - Yaslin N. Gonzalez; Sarah L. Strauss; Zane J. Grabau; Allan R. Bacon; Gabriel Maltais-Landry (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Soilborne Serratia fonticola in macadamia roots implicated as a causative agent of abnormal vertical growth - Mohamed C.M. Zakeel; Andrew D.W. Geering; Olufemi A. Akinsanmi (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Higher temperatures decreased the abundance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and the complexity of their networks by reducing tree diversity - Dan Xiao; Yixin Tang; Wei Zhang; Peilei Hu; Kelin Wang (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Rice-crayfish farming enhances soil organic carbon by increasing labile organic carbon and altering microbial functions - Liang Peng; Liuliu Hao; Lili Dai; Ling Tao; Hui Zhang; Gu Li; Jianqiang Zhu (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Monitoring and forecasting water erosion in response to climate change effects using the integration of the global RUSLE/SDR model and predictive models - Belhaj Fatima; Hlila Rachid; Belkendil Abdeldjalil; Ouallali Abdessalam; Beroho Mohamed; Alanoud T. Alfagham; Aqil Tariq (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Unravelling the plastisphere-soil and plasticplane microbiome of plastic mulch residues in agricultural soils - Giovana P.F. Macan; Manuel Anguita-Maeso; Concepción Olivares-García; Quynh Nhu Phan Le; Crispin Halsall; Blanca B. Landa (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Degrading poly(lactic acid) microplastic induces priming in agricultural soils - Yan Wu; Zihuan Wang; Yongxiang Yu; Xinhui Liu; Danni Wang; Juan Wang; Yaying Li; Biao Zhu; Joann K. Whalen; Huaiying Yao (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Soil microbial diversity in boreal forests of China: A case study of the Altai Mountains with an emphasis on core microbiomes - Gu Rao; Wen-Long Song; Di Lin; Ya-Jing Chen; Shu-Zhen Yan; Shuang-Lin Chen (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Urease inhibitors increased soil intracellular urease activity while altering the ureC gene abundance and community structure in red soil - Dongqi Jiang; Chenran Wu; Nan Jiang; Weiwen Qiu; Lijun Chen; Yulan Zhang; Zhenhua Chen (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Termites as vectors for the lateral movement of elements in the landscape: Their influence on nutrient cycling and landscape heterogeneity - Nicola Vermonti; Catherine E. Clarke; Casparus J. Crous; Jodie A. Miller; Teneille Nel; Michele L. Francis (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

The interaction strength of keystone module in cross-kingdom network determines microbial carbon metabolic stability under temperature stress - Kaiye Chen; Hongmei Yu; Hui Wang; Peng Li; Kun Cheng; Tao Wu; Shuntao Chen; Zhenyi Jia; Xuefeng Xie; Lingyue Zhu (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Short-term tillage regime exerts stronger effects than straw return on carbon and nitrogen transformation in rice rhizosphere - Xinhu Guo; Peixin Guo; Shupeng Huang; Zongyi Tong; Qian Zhang; Haishui Yang (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Liquid Kunapajala improves plant growth, selected soil properties, and modulates the rhizosphere bacteriome in Piper nigrum L - Reesamol G. Vaz; Madangchanok Imchen; Sileesh Mullasseri; Thomas Jacob; Ranjith Kumavath; Govinda Rao Duddukuri (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Earthworm abundance increases aggregate stability: A field study in a Mediterranean agroforestry system - Filipa Reis; Eduardo Nascimento; Cristina Cruz; Teresa Dias; Katarina Hedlund; María J.I. Briones; Matty P. Berg; José Paulo Sousa; Pedro Martins da Silva (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Increased carbon sequestration of different straw return depths varies temporally - Jin Li; Xiaoyu Li; Ling Ma; Guangyan Liu; Yanyu Han; Jiaqi Li; Roland Bol; Hongtao Zou (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Soil macrofauna communities vary by land use type and environmental conditions in the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem - Gretchen C. North; Lee E. Frelich; Abby E. Guthmann (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Bison and burn timing shape arbuscular mycorrhizal diversity and community composition in tallgrass prairie restorations - Jennifer K. Bell; Wesley D. Swingley; Meghan G. Midgley (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Belowground herbivory alter invasive plant-soil feedback and reduce aboveground herbivory - Lei Wang; Ailing Wang; Jie Sun; Zhanhui Tang (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Cover crop composition influences soil health and nematodes in a Mediterranean almond orchard system - Vivian M. Wauters; Amélie C.M. Gaudin; Steven Haring; Bradley D. Hanson; Peter Geoghan; Hannah Kim; Amanda Hodson (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Organic management promotes nitrogen transformation in tea plantations soil: A case study from southwestern China - Xinhui Huang; Biao Wang; Panfeng Li; Anqiang Chen; Jixiao Cui; Yuanquan Chen; Wangsheng Gao (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Sustainable soil management in agriculture under drought stress: Utilising waste-derived organic soil amendments and beneficial impacts on soil bacterial processes - Somayeh Zarezadeh; Yunyun Zheng; Sasha N. Jenkins; George D. Mercer; Navid R. Moheimani; Pankaj Singh; Bede S. Mickan (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Earthworm and enchytraeid indicator taxa of different land-use types identified using soil DNA metabarcoding - Jessica Cuartero; Maria J.I. Briones; Basil M. Rast; Beat Stierli; Claudia Maurer-Troxler; Anna-Sofia Hug; Franco Widmer; Jiří Schlaghamerský; Beat Frey (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Quality review enhances the benefits of data publication for soil biodiversity conservation - David J. Russell (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Nitrogen and carbon addition mediate phosphorus cycling in grassland ecosystems: Insights from phoD gene abundance and community diversity - Muyu Tian; Nan Jiang; Zhenhua Chen; Yulan Zhang; Dongqi Jiang; Chenran Wu; Zhuoran Chen; Weiwen Qiu; Jingkuan Wang (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Implications of nurse species in mixed forest plantations management on soil fungal community diversity - Tiziana Danise; Olga De Castro; Claudio Zaccone; Georg Guggenberger; Cristina Menta; Michele Innangi; Daniele De Luca; Emanuela Di Iorio; Benedetta Turchetti; Antonietta Fioretto (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Regulation of fertilization on the genes encoding microbial carbohydrate-active enzymes and their roles in accumulating and decomposing organic carbon in Ultisol - Xinran Wang; Jun Zhu; Qingling Fu; Hongqing Hu; Qiaoyun Huang (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Response letter to the editor: Does extending the incubation period really improve the accuracy of the tea bag index as a measure of soil health? - E. Brooke Hayes; Charlotte E. Norris; John P. Volpe (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Tibetan sheep grazing and selenium addition promote soil carbon and nitrogen mineralization in alpine meadow - Jianwei Zhang; Zhe Wu; Yang Liu; Fujiang Hou (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Disturbance from tillage is a dominant factor in explaining differences in soil biodiversity of three grasslands management types - Nick van Eekeren; Jurre Dekker; Rob Geerts; Pedro Janssen; Anthonie Stip; Tim Visser; Jaap Bloem; Ron de Goede (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Quantitative soil indicators for identifying primary stressors in fruit tree decline: a case study on kiwifruit vine decline syndrome - Luisa M. Manici; Giulia Maisto; Cristina Abbate; Francesco Caputo; Valeria Memoli; Lucia Santorufo; Bruno Morello; Monica Zizolfi; Giorgia Santini; Salvatore Vitale; Alessandro Infantino (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Ecological biogeography of maize rhizosphere underpins spatial variation of bacteriome and phylotypes for maize productivity - Tawakalit Modupe Momoh-Salami; Nwanneka Marie Akinyemi; Ganiyu Oladunjoye Oyetibo; Godwin Anjorin Ajiboye; Luqman Ayodeji Adams; Liasu Adebayo Ogunkanmi; Matthew Olusoji Ilori (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Developing biocrust field cultivation techniques for soil restoration: An assessment of bacterial communities - Sierra D. Jech; Kara Dohrenwend; Natalie Day; Nichole N. Barger; Anita Antoninka; Matthew A. Bowker; Sasha Reed; Colin Tucker (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Differential impacts of lime and nitrogen amendment on nitrification, ammonia oxidizers, nitrite oxidizers, and bacterial communities in two acidic soils - Qing Wang; Yu Xin; Kun Yang; Suiliang Wang; Zhiyong Yu; Junfeng Qu; Yunze Ruan; Zhijun Zhang (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Long-term no-tillage enhanced soil multifunctionality and reduced microbial metabolic entropy - Hanyu Liu; Yueqi Liang; Jianjian Liu; Qi Zhang; Yingyi Liu; Jia Zeng; Xing Wang; Gaihe Yang; Chengjie Ren; Xinhui Han (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Boreal forest enchytraeids (Clitellata, Enchytraeidae) population increase due to precipitation: Long-term data from Latvia - Janis Ventins; Viesturs Melecis (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

The impact of microplastic on nematodes: Soil type, plastic amount and aging as determinants for the fitness of Caenorhabditis elegans - Xuchao Zhang; Ralph Menzel; Liliane Ruess (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Soil depth and fertilization had more influence on comammox Nitrospira and ammonia-oxidizing archaea communities than ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in an acidic paddy soil - Haiyang Liu; Chen Yao; Huanhuan Yang; Hongen Liu; Zhikang Tao; Shuotong Chen; Wenhai Mi (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Response of soil phosphorus components to black carbon in seasonally frozen areas: Insight into ecoenzymatic stoichiometry - Ping Xue; Heng Li; Qiang Fu; Tianxiao Li; Renjie Hou; Mo Li; Song Cui; Zhaoqiang Zhou; Qinglin Li (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Temperature and microbial metabolic limitations govern microbial carbon use efficiency in the Tibetan alpine grassland - Xuejun He; Fangbin Liu; Tian Ma; Ase Ma; Yaoyao Wang; Yifan Li; Wenjing Gao; Zhiying Yang; Junsheng Ke; Yao Xiao; Li Zhang; Mu Liu; et al. (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Trampling to biocrusts declined soil microbial biomass and altered soil microbial communities in desert ecosystems - Yanmei Liu; Hangyu Yang; Rongliang Jia; Zisheng Xing; Qianning Wang (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Area influences microbial resource limitations in karst fragmented habitats - Cong Jiang; Changchun Qiu; Yuqing Wu; Sufeng Zhu; Wei Shui (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Contrasting effects of litter and root removals on soil N2O emissions of an evergreen broadleaved forest in southeastern China - Lei Zhang; Weisheng Lin; Jordi Sardans; Enlan Xu; Dafeng Hui; Xiaofei Liu; Jinsong Wang; Shidong Chen; Jianfen Guo; Josep Peñuelas; Yusheng Yang (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Tuber melanosporum Vittad. abundance and specific soil parameters predict soil enzymatic activity in wild and managed truffle producing systems - Vasiliki Barou; Mario Zabal-Aguirre; Javier Parladé; Ana Rincón (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

Organic matter evolution and microbial activity in a vineyard soil after four years of inter-row cover crop management - Arianna De Bernardi; Enrica Marini; Francesca Tagliabue; Gianluca Brunetti; Cristiano Casucci; Überson Boaretto Rossa; Oriana Silvestroni; Costantino Vischetti (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)