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Article: Aquatic hypoxia is a teratogen and affects fish embryonic development

TitleAquatic hypoxia is a teratogen and affects fish embryonic development
Authors
KeywordsSpecies Index: Animalia
Vertebrata
Issue Date2004
PublisherAmerican Chemical Society. The Journal's web site is located at http://pubs.acs.org/est
Citation
Environmental Science And Technology, 2004, v. 38 n. 18, p. 4763-4767 How to Cite?
AbstractHypoxia occurs over large areas in aquatic systems worldwide, and there is growing concern that hypoxia may affect aquatic animals, leading to population decline and changes in community by elimination of sensitive species. For the first time, we report that sublethal levels of hypoxia can significantly increase (+77.4%) malformation in fish embryonic development. Disruption of apoptotic pattern was clearly evident at 24 h post-fertilization, which may be a major cause of malformation. Furthermore, embryonic development was delayed, and balance of sex hormones (testosterone and estradiol) was disturbed during embryonic stages, implicating that subsequent sexual development may also be affected. Overall, our results imply that hypoxia may have a teratogenic effect on fish and delay fish embryonic development, which may subsequently impair species fitness leading to natural population decline.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/92710
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2023 Impact Factor: 10.8
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 3.516
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dc.contributor.authorShang, EHHen_HK
dc.contributor.authorWu, RSSen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-17T10:54:53Z-
dc.date.available2010-09-17T10:54:53Z-
dc.date.issued2004en_HK
dc.identifier.citationEnvironmental Science And Technology, 2004, v. 38 n. 18, p. 4763-4767en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0013-936Xen_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/92710-
dc.description.abstractHypoxia occurs over large areas in aquatic systems worldwide, and there is growing concern that hypoxia may affect aquatic animals, leading to population decline and changes in community by elimination of sensitive species. For the first time, we report that sublethal levels of hypoxia can significantly increase (+77.4%) malformation in fish embryonic development. Disruption of apoptotic pattern was clearly evident at 24 h post-fertilization, which may be a major cause of malformation. Furthermore, embryonic development was delayed, and balance of sex hormones (testosterone and estradiol) was disturbed during embryonic stages, implicating that subsequent sexual development may also be affected. Overall, our results imply that hypoxia may have a teratogenic effect on fish and delay fish embryonic development, which may subsequently impair species fitness leading to natural population decline.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherAmerican Chemical Society. The Journal's web site is located at http://pubs.acs.org/esten_HK
dc.relation.ispartofEnvironmental Science and Technologyen_HK
dc.subjectSpecies Index: Animaliaen_HK
dc.subjectVertebrataen_HK
dc.titleAquatic hypoxia is a teratogen and affects fish embryonic developmenten_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
dc.identifier.emailWu, RSS: rudolfwu@hku.hken_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1021/es0496423en_HK
dc.identifier.pmid15487785-
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dc.identifier.volume38en_HK
dc.identifier.issue18en_HK
dc.identifier.spage4763en_HK
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