Cargando…

Not Only Toxic but Repellent: What Can Organisms’ Responses Tell Us about Contamination and What Are the Ecological Consequences When They Flee from an Environment?

The ability of aquatic organisms to sense the surrounding environment chemically and interpret such signals correctly is crucial for their ecological niche and survival. Although it is an oversimplification of the ecological interactions, we could consider that a significant part of the decisions ta...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Araújo, Cristiano V. M., Laissaoui, Abdelmourhit, Silva, Daniel C. V. R., Ramos-Rodríguez, Eloisa, González-Ortegón, Enrique, Espíndola, Evaldo L. G., Baldó, Francisco, Mena, Freylan, Parra, Gema, Blasco, Julián, López-Doval, Julio, Sendra, Marta, Banni, Mohamed, Islam, Mohammed Ariful, Moreno-Garrido, Ignacio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7768353/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33322739
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxics8040118
_version_ 1783629136685694976
author Araújo, Cristiano V. M.
Laissaoui, Abdelmourhit
Silva, Daniel C. V. R.
Ramos-Rodríguez, Eloisa
González-Ortegón, Enrique
Espíndola, Evaldo L. G.
Baldó, Francisco
Mena, Freylan
Parra, Gema
Blasco, Julián
López-Doval, Julio
Sendra, Marta
Banni, Mohamed
Islam, Mohammed Ariful
Moreno-Garrido, Ignacio
author_facet Araújo, Cristiano V. M.
Laissaoui, Abdelmourhit
Silva, Daniel C. V. R.
Ramos-Rodríguez, Eloisa
González-Ortegón, Enrique
Espíndola, Evaldo L. G.
Baldó, Francisco
Mena, Freylan
Parra, Gema
Blasco, Julián
López-Doval, Julio
Sendra, Marta
Banni, Mohamed
Islam, Mohammed Ariful
Moreno-Garrido, Ignacio
author_sort Araújo, Cristiano V. M.
collection PubMed
description The ability of aquatic organisms to sense the surrounding environment chemically and interpret such signals correctly is crucial for their ecological niche and survival. Although it is an oversimplification of the ecological interactions, we could consider that a significant part of the decisions taken by organisms are, to some extent, chemically driven. Accordingly, chemical contamination might interfere in the way organisms behave and interact with the environment. Just as any environmental factor, contamination can make a habitat less attractive or even unsuitable to accommodate life, conditioning to some degree the decision of organisms to stay in, or move from, an ecosystem. If we consider that contamination is not always spatially homogeneous and that many organisms can avoid it, the ability of contaminants to repel organisms should also be of concern. Thus, in this critical review, we have discussed the dual role of contamination: toxicity (disruption of the physiological and behavioral homeostasis) vs. repellency (contamination-driven changes in spatial distribution/habitat selection). The discussion is centered on methodologies (forced exposure against non-forced multi-compartmented exposure systems) and conceptual improvements (individual stress due to the toxic effects caused by a continuous exposure against contamination-driven spatial distribution). Finally, we propose an approach in which Stress and Landscape Ecology could be integrated with each other to improve our understanding of the threat contaminants represent to aquatic ecosystems.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-7768353
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2020
publisher MDPI
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-77683532020-12-29 Not Only Toxic but Repellent: What Can Organisms’ Responses Tell Us about Contamination and What Are the Ecological Consequences When They Flee from an Environment? Araújo, Cristiano V. M. Laissaoui, Abdelmourhit Silva, Daniel C. V. R. Ramos-Rodríguez, Eloisa González-Ortegón, Enrique Espíndola, Evaldo L. G. Baldó, Francisco Mena, Freylan Parra, Gema Blasco, Julián López-Doval, Julio Sendra, Marta Banni, Mohamed Islam, Mohammed Ariful Moreno-Garrido, Ignacio Toxics Review The ability of aquatic organisms to sense the surrounding environment chemically and interpret such signals correctly is crucial for their ecological niche and survival. Although it is an oversimplification of the ecological interactions, we could consider that a significant part of the decisions taken by organisms are, to some extent, chemically driven. Accordingly, chemical contamination might interfere in the way organisms behave and interact with the environment. Just as any environmental factor, contamination can make a habitat less attractive or even unsuitable to accommodate life, conditioning to some degree the decision of organisms to stay in, or move from, an ecosystem. If we consider that contamination is not always spatially homogeneous and that many organisms can avoid it, the ability of contaminants to repel organisms should also be of concern. Thus, in this critical review, we have discussed the dual role of contamination: toxicity (disruption of the physiological and behavioral homeostasis) vs. repellency (contamination-driven changes in spatial distribution/habitat selection). The discussion is centered on methodologies (forced exposure against non-forced multi-compartmented exposure systems) and conceptual improvements (individual stress due to the toxic effects caused by a continuous exposure against contamination-driven spatial distribution). Finally, we propose an approach in which Stress and Landscape Ecology could be integrated with each other to improve our understanding of the threat contaminants represent to aquatic ecosystems. MDPI 2020-12-12 /pmc/articles/PMC7768353/ /pubmed/33322739 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxics8040118 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
spellingShingle Review
Araújo, Cristiano V. M.
Laissaoui, Abdelmourhit
Silva, Daniel C. V. R.
Ramos-Rodríguez, Eloisa
González-Ortegón, Enrique
Espíndola, Evaldo L. G.
Baldó, Francisco
Mena, Freylan
Parra, Gema
Blasco, Julián
López-Doval, Julio
Sendra, Marta
Banni, Mohamed
Islam, Mohammed Ariful
Moreno-Garrido, Ignacio
Not Only Toxic but Repellent: What Can Organisms’ Responses Tell Us about Contamination and What Are the Ecological Consequences When They Flee from an Environment?
title Not Only Toxic but Repellent: What Can Organisms’ Responses Tell Us about Contamination and What Are the Ecological Consequences When They Flee from an Environment?
title_full Not Only Toxic but Repellent: What Can Organisms’ Responses Tell Us about Contamination and What Are the Ecological Consequences When They Flee from an Environment?
title_fullStr Not Only Toxic but Repellent: What Can Organisms’ Responses Tell Us about Contamination and What Are the Ecological Consequences When They Flee from an Environment?
title_full_unstemmed Not Only Toxic but Repellent: What Can Organisms’ Responses Tell Us about Contamination and What Are the Ecological Consequences When They Flee from an Environment?
title_short Not Only Toxic but Repellent: What Can Organisms’ Responses Tell Us about Contamination and What Are the Ecological Consequences When They Flee from an Environment?
title_sort not only toxic but repellent: what can organisms’ responses tell us about contamination and what are the ecological consequences when they flee from an environment?
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7768353/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33322739
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxics8040118
work_keys_str_mv AT araujocristianovm notonlytoxicbutrepellentwhatcanorganismsresponsestellusaboutcontaminationandwhataretheecologicalconsequenceswhentheyfleefromanenvironment
AT laissaouiabdelmourhit notonlytoxicbutrepellentwhatcanorganismsresponsestellusaboutcontaminationandwhataretheecologicalconsequenceswhentheyfleefromanenvironment
AT silvadanielcvr notonlytoxicbutrepellentwhatcanorganismsresponsestellusaboutcontaminationandwhataretheecologicalconsequenceswhentheyfleefromanenvironment
AT ramosrodriguezeloisa notonlytoxicbutrepellentwhatcanorganismsresponsestellusaboutcontaminationandwhataretheecologicalconsequenceswhentheyfleefromanenvironment
AT gonzalezortegonenrique notonlytoxicbutrepellentwhatcanorganismsresponsestellusaboutcontaminationandwhataretheecologicalconsequenceswhentheyfleefromanenvironment
AT espindolaevaldolg notonlytoxicbutrepellentwhatcanorganismsresponsestellusaboutcontaminationandwhataretheecologicalconsequenceswhentheyfleefromanenvironment
AT baldofrancisco notonlytoxicbutrepellentwhatcanorganismsresponsestellusaboutcontaminationandwhataretheecologicalconsequenceswhentheyfleefromanenvironment
AT menafreylan notonlytoxicbutrepellentwhatcanorganismsresponsestellusaboutcontaminationandwhataretheecologicalconsequenceswhentheyfleefromanenvironment
AT parragema notonlytoxicbutrepellentwhatcanorganismsresponsestellusaboutcontaminationandwhataretheecologicalconsequenceswhentheyfleefromanenvironment
AT blascojulian notonlytoxicbutrepellentwhatcanorganismsresponsestellusaboutcontaminationandwhataretheecologicalconsequenceswhentheyfleefromanenvironment
AT lopezdovaljulio notonlytoxicbutrepellentwhatcanorganismsresponsestellusaboutcontaminationandwhataretheecologicalconsequenceswhentheyfleefromanenvironment
AT sendramarta notonlytoxicbutrepellentwhatcanorganismsresponsestellusaboutcontaminationandwhataretheecologicalconsequenceswhentheyfleefromanenvironment
AT bannimohamed notonlytoxicbutrepellentwhatcanorganismsresponsestellusaboutcontaminationandwhataretheecologicalconsequenceswhentheyfleefromanenvironment
AT islammohammedariful notonlytoxicbutrepellentwhatcanorganismsresponsestellusaboutcontaminationandwhataretheecologicalconsequenceswhentheyfleefromanenvironment
AT morenogarridoignacio notonlytoxicbutrepellentwhatcanorganismsresponsestellusaboutcontaminationandwhataretheecologicalconsequenceswhentheyfleefromanenvironment