Neurotransmitters as communicative agents in aquatic ecosystems
Abstract
One of the conceptual issues of modern ecology, including research on the ecosystems of water bodies, is concerned with the question how natural ecosystems can sustainably and harmoniously function without a central controlling agent. The present work contains literature data and the authors’ own findings that provide evidence for an important regulatory role of chemical factors that perform the function of neurotransmitters in the nervous systems of animals. Special attention is given to biogenic amines and related compounds that represent one of the main subgroups of neurotransmitters. The facts considered in this work indicate that such substances are characterized by a wide spectrum of signal functions in diverse components of aquatic ecosystems, including the microbiota, phytoplankton, invertebrates, higher plants, and fish. Of paramount importance is the involvement of such neurotransmitters in the regulation of the functioning of whole ecosystems. Such ecosystem-level regulators are not only synthesized and released into the environment by various components of aquatic ecosystems but also introduced into them as human-made pollutants.
Keywords
neurotransmitters,
biogenic amines,
aquatic ecosystems,
communication,
kairomones,
ecosystem-level regulators
Supporting agencies: This study was performed under the state assignment of the Interdisciplinary Scientific and Educational School of Moscow State University «The future of the planet and global environmental changes».
About the Authors
A. V. Oleskin
Biological Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
General Ecology and Hydrobiology Department
1–12 Leninskie Gory, Moscow, 119234
A. L. Postnov
Biological Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
General Ecology and Hydrobiology Department
1–12 Leninskie Gory, Moscow, 119234
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