Natural environmental impacts on teleost immune function

Daniel L Makrinos; Timothy J Bowden

doi:10.1016/j.fsi.2016.03.008

Natural environmental impacts on teleost immune function

Fish Shellfish Immunol. 2016 Jun:53:50-7. doi: 10.1016/j.fsi.2016.03.008. Epub 2016 Mar 10.

Authors

Daniel L Makrinos¹, Timothy J Bowden²

Affiliations

¹ School of Food & Agriculture, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA. Electronic address: danmakrinos@gmail.com.
² School of Food & Agriculture, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA.

PMID: 26973022
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2016.03.008

Abstract

The environment in which teleosts exist can experience considerable change. Short-term changes can occur in relation to tidal movements or adverse weather events. Long-term changes can be caused by anthropogenic impacts such as climate change, which can result in changes to temperature, acidity, salinity and oxygen capacity of aquatic environments. These changes can have important impacts on the physiology of an animal, including its immune system. This can have consequences on the well-being of the animal and its ability to protect against pathogens. This review will look at recent investigations of these types of environmental change on the immune response in teleosts.

Keywords: Acidity; Climate change; Environment; Fish; Immune; Immunity; Oxygen capacity; Particulates; Salinity; Teleost; Temperature.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Environment*
Fishes / immunology*
Fishes / microbiology
Fishes / parasitology
Immune System / enzymology
Immune System / immunology*
Immunity, Innate*