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TABLE 10.1
Impairment of Different Categories of Behavior in Different Zoological Taxa Exposed to Different
Classes of Chemicals

Zoological
Taxa Species Chemical Classes Contaminants References

Avoidance
Fish a

Oncorhynchus kisutch Metal Cu Sandahl et al. 2007

Fish a Oncorhynchus mykiss Metals Cd + Cu + Pb + Zn Hansen et al. 1999a

Fish b Coregonus

clupeaformis

Metals Cu, Pb, Zn Scherer and McNicol

1998

Fish b Pimephales promelas PA H Fluoranthene Farr et al. 1995

Fish a Larval Pimephales

promelas

Pyrethroid insecticide Esfenvalerate Floyd et al. 2008

Fish a Larval Pimephales

promelas

Pharmaceuticals Antidepressants Painter et al. 2009

Fish a Larval Danio rerio Metal Cd Kusch et al. 2008

Crustacean b Gammarus pulex PA H De Lange et al. 2006b

Crustacean b Corophium volutator Sediments (harbors) HAP Hellou 2011

Crustacean b Eohaustorius

estuarius

Sediments Creosote Kravitz et al. 1999

Crustacean b Monoporeia affinis Sediments Zinc pyrithione Eriksson Wiklund

et al. 2006

Insect a Mosquito larva Insecticide pyrethroid Fenvalearate Reynaldi et al. 2011

Bivalve a Corbicula fluminea Metals Cd

Cu
U
Hg

Tran et al. 2003
Tran et al. 2004
Fournier et al. 2004
Tran et al. 2007

Gastropod b Physella columbiana Metals Cd, Pb, Zn Lefcort et al. 2004

Gastropod b Ilyanassa obsoleta Sediments (harbors) HAP Hellou 2011

Annelid b Hirudo medicinalis River sediments

Nuclear plant cooling
water
Metals

Mixture Petrauskiene 2003

Locomotion
Reptiles

Seminatrix pygaea Pesticide carbamate Carbaryl Hopkins et al. 2005

Nerodia rhombifer

Amphibian Rana pipiens PCB Glennemeier and

Denver 2001

Fish Micropogonias

undulatus

Organochlorine
pesticide

o,p' -DDT Faulk et al. 1999

Fish Clupea pallas Petroleum

hydrocarbons

Hydrosoluble
fraction

Kennedy and Farrell
2006

Fish Salmo trutta f. fario Polluted water in

the field

Pesticides, HAP,
PCB, metals

Triebskorn et al. 1997

Fish Oncorhynchus mykiss Metals Cu McGeer et al. 2000

Fish Oncorhynchus mykiss Pesticide carbamate Carbaryl Beauvais et al. 2001

Fish Oncorhynchus mykiss Pesticides OP Dianizon,

malathion

Beauvais et al. 2000;
Brewer et al. 2001

Fish Oncorhynchus kisutch Insecticide OP Chlorpyrifos Sandahl et al. 2005