Hydra (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) as a model in ecotoxicity studies: Review

Authors

  • Marlos Chaves Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
  • Marlos de Medeiros Chaves Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
  • Maria Cláudia Colla Ruvolo-Takasusuki Universidade Estadual de Maringá

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22256/pubvet.v12n7a123.1-8

Keywords:

Bioassays, ecotoxicology, hydra, test organism

Abstract

The industrialization process and the accelerated growth of the world population that it happened in the last decades put in risk several ecosystems, especially the aquatic ones that had contact with numerous potentially toxic chemical substances. Ecotoxicity studies with organisms sensitive to small environmental imbalances are increasingly being studied with the aim of testing substances that could represent toxic effects on the human body. Within this group, the small cnidarians of the genus Hydra stand out. By having a series of favorable characteristics, this group consolidated as test organism in front of several species types. This review work had the purpose of gathering the most relevant information about the importance of the tests of ecotoxicity and the advantages and disadvantages of the use of species of the genus Hydra in such studies.

Published

2018-07-01

Issue

Section

Biotecnologia

How to Cite

Hydra (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) as a model in ecotoxicity studies: Review. (2018). Pubvet, 12(07). https://doi.org/10.22256/pubvet.v12n7a123.1-8