Wild Zebrafish Sentinels: Biological Monitoring of Site Differences Using Behavior and Morphology
| Autor: | Emília P. Martins, Jeffrey R. Kelly, Myra E. Bower, Delia S. Shelton, Danita K. Daniel, Gillian McHaney, Halima Amro, Rubina Mondal, Gabriel Isaac, Fahren Nipple, Anuradha Bhat, Sierra G. Shelton |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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0106 biological sciences
Environmental change Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Population Danio India TP1-1185 010501 environmental sciences Toxicology 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Article wild zebrafish morphology sentinel education Zebrafish 0105 earth and related environmental sciences education.field_of_study Chemical Health and Safety biology Ecology behavior Chemical technology fungi environmental change danio rerio biology.organism_classification Geographic distribution Water quality Plastic pollution Urban environment |
| Zdroj: | Toxics, Vol 9, Iss 165, p 165 (2021) Toxics; Volume 9; Issue 7; Pages: 165 Toxics |
| ISSN: | 2305-6304 |
| Popis: | Environmental change poses a devastating risk to human and environmental health. Rapid assessment of water conditions is necessary for monitoring, evaluating, and addressing this global health danger. Sentinels or biological monitors can be deployed in the field using minimal resources to detect water quality changes in real time, quickly and cheaply. Zebrafish (Danio rerio) are ideal sentinels for detecting environmental changes due to their biomedical tool kit, widespread geographic distribution, and well-characterized phenotypic responses to environmental disturbances. Here, we demonstrate the utility of zebrafish sentinels by characterizing phenotypic differences in wild zebrafish between two field sites in India. Site 1 was a rural environment with flowing water, low-hypoxic conditions, minimal human-made debris, and high iron and lead concentrations. Site 2 was an urban environment with still water, hypoxic conditions, plastic pollution, and high arsenic, iron, and chromium concentrations. We found that zebrafish from Site 2 were smaller, more cohesive, and less active than Site 1 fish. We also found sexually dimorphic body shapes within the Site 2, but not the Site 1, population. Advancing zebrafish sentinel research and development will enable rapid detection, evaluation, and response to emerging global health threats. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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