环境污染对几类水生无脊椎动物内分泌功能扰乱的研究现状.PDF

动物学报 　49 (5) :551～565 , 2003 A cta Zoologica S inica 　　　　　 　 Current status of environmental endocrine disruption in selected aquatic invertebrates Enmin ZOU ( Depart ment of Biological Sciences , Nicholls State U niversity , Thibodaux , L A 　70310 , USA) Abstract 　Endocrine disruption by environmental contaminants has recently emerged as a new subdiscipline of environ mental toxicology. Aquatic environments are increasingly contaminated with various anthropogenic chemicals , many of which are capable of disrupting endocrine functions of vertebrates. Where aquatic invertebrates are concerned , most of the recent reports are concerned with the impact of organic xenobiotics on endocrine functions in cnidarians , rotifers , mol lusks , crustaceans and echinoderms. This review provides an overview of the current status of this research on endocrine disruption in these invertebrates. Suggestions for future research directions in the field of invertebrate endocrine disruption are also presented. Because of the disparities between the endocrine systems of invertebrates and vertebrates , care must be exercised in extrapolating to invertebrates , particularly the nondeuterostome invertebrates , the results of endocrine dis ruption studies with vertebrates. It is also inappropriate to suggest that an endocrine disrupting effect in a nondeuteros tome invertebrate can be used as a marker to monitor environmental endocrine disruption in vertebrates [ Acta Zoologica Sinica 49 (5) : 551 - 565 , 2003 ]. Key words 　Endocrine disruption , Environmental hormones , Cnidarians , Rotifers , Mollusks , Crustacean