Environmental Influence in Physiological, Endocrine, and Oxidative Stress Responses of Aquatic Invertebrates
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Aquatic Animals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 March 2025 | Viewed by 2871
Special Issue Editors
Interests: animal ecophysiology; antioxidant; biochemical adaptation; comparative physiology; estivation; free radical; glutathione; hibernation; preparation for oxidative stress; reactive oxygen species; redox biology
Interests: animal ecophysiology; antioxidant; biochemical adaptation; comparative physiology; diapause; estivation; free radical; glutathione; oxidative stress; reactive oxygen species; redox biology
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Dear Colleagues,
The life histories of aquatic invertebrates have been shaped by cellular capacities to cope with biotic and abiotic fluctuations imposed by stochastic and/or cyclic environmental processes, thus defining their distribution patterns along latitudinal and bathymetric gradients. These capacities entail maintaining a redox balance (homeostasis) between the levels of reactive species and antioxidant systems and interacting through complex cell signaling pathways. Hormones can participate in these pathways, evoking different physiological and behavioral functions in marine organisms. However, exposure to environmental conditions above or below tolerance limits disrupts homeostasis, generating oxidative stress in a situation that can impair hormonal signaling processes and affect physiological and behavioral responses.
Understanding how fluctuations in environmental conditions define redox balance and downstream pathways, such as endocrine responses, in aquatic organisms is a necessity to explain different physiological responses. This Special Issue addresses how redox metabolism responds to unfavorable environmental conditions (e.g., oxygen levels, extreme temperatures, drought, solar radiation, severe pH levels, and pollutants) and influences endocrine and physiological responses, ultimately determining the fitness of aquatic invertebrates. Submissions addressing ecological and evolutionary implications of redox adaptations as part of the cellular stress response are especially welcome.
Prof. Dr. Marcelo Hermes-Lima
Dr. Daniel Carneiro Moreira
Dr. Víctor M. Cubillos
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- comparative physiology
- environmental change
- hormesis
- hormone
- oxidative stress
- redox biology
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