Endocrine Disruptor Exposure Causes Infochemical Dysregulation and an Ecological Cascade from Zooplankton to Algae

Endocrine disruption is intimately linked to controlling the population of pollutant-exposed organisms through reproduction and development dysregulation. This study investigated how endocrine in a predator organism could affect prey species biology infochemical communication. Daphnia magna Chlorella vulgaris were chosen as model planktons, respectively, fenoxycarb was used for disrupting system D. magna. Hormones well endo- exometabolomes extracted from daphnids algal cells their culture media analyzed using liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry. Biomolecular perturbations under impaired offspring production hormone dysregulation observed. Differential biomolecular responses C. vulgaris, indicating changes methylation communication, subsequently observed exposure media, containing infochemicals released reproducibly normal abnormal magna, results exposure. The cross-species transfer consequences, initiated mediated demonstrates novel discovery emphasizes broader ecological risk disruptors beyond target organisms.