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TABLE 4.1 (Continued)
Inluence of Laboratory Exposure to Contaminants on AChE and Behavior in Different Aquatic Species

Mode of
Contamination

Zoological
Taxon Molecule Species AChE Inhibition Behavioral Impairment Reference

Pharmaceutical Propranolol Mollusk Mytilus

galloprovincialis

Inhibition in gills Inhibited feeding rate Solé et al. 2010

Pharmaceutical Acetaminophen Mollusk Mytilus

galloprovincialis

Inhibition in gills (58%) Increased feeding rate Solé et al. 2010

Metal, Pesticide Cu, Cu + Malathion Mollusk Mytilus edulis Inhibition in gills - Lehtonen and Leiniö 2003

Leiniö and Lethonen 2005

Metal, Pesticide Cu, Cu + Malathion Mollusk Macoma balthica Inhibition in foot tissue Low siphon activity Lehtonen and Leiniö

2003

Metal Cr (VI) Mollusk Mytilus

galloprovincialis

Inhibition - Guilhermino et al. 1998

Metal Pb

U

Mollusk Corbicula sp. Inhibition - Labrot et al. 1996

Metal Cu Mollusk Mytilus edulis

Patella vulgata

No effect in hemolymph
Increase in hemolymph

- Brown et al. 2004

Metal Cu Crustacean Carcinus maenas No effect in hemolymph - Brown et al. 2004

Metal Cu, Zn, Cd, Hg In vitro Inhibition - Frasco et al. 2005

Detergents Dodecyl benzyl

sulfonate
Sodium dodecyl
sulfate
Mixture of domestic
detergents

Mollusk Mytilus

galloprovincialis

Inhibition - Guilhermino et al. 1998

Organic
pollutants

HAP
PCB

Mollusk Mytilus

galloprovincialis

Inhibition (soft tissues) - Damiens et al. 2007

Toxin Cyanobacterium

toxin

Mollusk Macoma balthica Inhibition in foot tissue Low siphon activity Lehtonen et al. 2003

Mixture Metals (As, Cu, or

Cd) and pesticides
(carbofuran,
dichlorvos, or
malathion)

Crustacean Tigriopus brevicornis Inhibition in whole

body (>50%)
Synergy (except Cd):
inhibition >65%

- Forget et al. 1999