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

Zoological
Taxa Species Chemical Classes Contaminants References

Crustacean G. pulex Metals Zn Wilding and Maltby

2006

Crustacean Gammarus fossarum Contamination in the

field

Coulaud et al. 2011

Crustacean Daphnia magna Metals

Pesticides

Cd, Cu, Zn
Pyrethroids,
lindane

McWilliam and Baird
2002b

Crustacean D. magna Contamination in the

field

Pesticides Barata et al. 2007

Bivalve S. plana Nanoparticles CuO Buffet et al. 2011

Gastropod Hydrobia ulvae Contamination in the

field

Krell et al. 2011

Gastropod Potamopyrgus

antipodarum

Nanoparticles Nano-CuO Pang et al. 2012

Annelid Hediste diversicolor Metals

Sediments (estuaries)

Cu Moreira et al. 2006a;

Moreira et al. 2005

Annelid Nereis (Hediste)

diversicolor

Sediments Contamination

gradient

Kalman et al. 2009

Annelid Neanthes

arenaceodentata

Metal
PA H

Cu
Phenanthrene

Rosen and Miller
2011

Reproductive Behavior
Fish

Gasterosteus aculeatus Hormone Ethinyl estradiol Bell 2001

Fish Carassius auratus Hormone 17β-Estradiol Bjerselius et al. 2001

Fish Salmo trutta Pesticide Cypermethrin Jaensson et al. 2007

Fish Pimephales promelas Metal Methylmercury Sandheinrich and

Miller 2006

Fish P. promelas Effluent waters Garcia-Reyero et al.

2011

a Avoidance of predators.
b Avoidance of contaminants.

hierarchy, and foraging success. Literature data show that locomotion is affected in
both fish and invertebrates (annelids, crustaceans) by different classes of contaminants
(metals, pesticides, PAHs, pharmaceuticals, surfactants) or polluted waters in the field
(Table 10.1).
In many endobenthic invertebrates, exposure to different classes of chemicals (petro-
leum hydrocarbons, pesticides, and metals) can disturb burrowing behavior. A chain of
reflexes is needed to perform this behavior, and mechanisms inducing impairments would
include histological damage to epithelium, neurotoxic effects, and avoidance (Pynnonen
1996).
Effects of chemicals on foraging behavior of fish has been excellently reviewed by
Kasumyan (2001). In invertebrates (Table 10.1), disturbances of feeding behavior were
demonstrated in many species using the method of “post-exposure feeding depression”
initially designed by McWilliam and Baird (2002a). Impairments of prey capture and feed-
ing rate have been observed in polychaetes, crustaceans, and fish (Table 10.1), including