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- Title
Endocrine disruption in aquatic insects: a review.
- Authors
Soin, Thomas; Smagghe, Guy
- Abstract
There is mounting evidence that a wide variety of compounds can have endocrine disrupting effects on humans and wildlife. However, investigations so far have focused primarily on exposure to human and other vertebrates, with invertebrate findings largely restricted to marine mollusks or to the ecdysteroid and juvenile hormone agonists as purposely synthesized endocrine disrupters for the pest management of insects. This article provides a brief description of the insect hormone system, a short sumup of the relevant insect groups with aquatic life stages, and an overview of the additional evidence for endocrine disruption in aquatic insects from laboratory and field studies since 1999. In addition, the suitability of insects as sentinels for endocrine disrupting chemicals in aquatic ecosystems is discussed. Conclusions are drawn and research needs are defined.
- Subjects
AQUATIC insects; ESTROGEN -- Environmental aspects; HORMONES; PEST control; JUVENILE hormones; ECDYSTEROIDS; BIOTIC communities; ENDOCRINE glands
- Publication
Ecotoxicology, 2007, Vol 16, Issue 1, p83
- ISSN
0963-9292
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10646-006-0118-9