Growth regulatory pattern of zooplankton in herbicide and antibiotic contaminated aquatic ecosystem: An overview

Abstract

Emerging chemical substances have dramatically increased in aquatic ecosystems throughout the last few decades and are creating harmful effects on sustainable environments. Herbicides and antibiotics are usually consumed simultaneously and liquidated into the aquatic system as effluents. Due to the dearth of rigorous control of emerging substances, it poses a threat to ecotoxicologists and limnologists because of their hidden roles against non-target aquatic organisms like zooplankton. These substances have a negative impact on grazer inducers and disrupt community-level zooplankton-phytoplankton relationships. But the hidden role of these phenomena due to these substances is still clearly unknown. So, the present mesocosm study summarises and updates the current status of antibiotics and herbicides on the survival of zooplankton species. We also discuss the role of various herbicides and antibiotics on these non-targeted organisms and create baseline information to overcome the above-mentioned risks and expand the scope of future research in this field.

Keywords

• Herbicide
• Antibiotics
• Zooplankton
• Aquatic ecosystem
• Environment