Behavioral Impairment in Aquatic Organisms Exposed to Neurotoxic Pollutants

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: acetylcholinesterase inhibitors; antagonism; artemia; avoidance; behavior; behaviour; behavioural ecotoxicology; chlorpyrifos; copper; Daphnia magna; development; DNA damage; early development; early life stages; Economics; Economics of specific sectors; Economics, Finance, Business and Management; ecotoxicology; Environmental economics; environmental risk assessment; Environmental science, engineering and technology; fish; fungicides; GABA; glyphosate; habitat selection; mixture toxicity; mixture toxicology; modulation; multi-compartmented systems; n/a; natural products; neurotoxicity; neurotransmitter; neurotransmitters; non-forced exposure; organophosphate; oxidative stress; pharmaceuticals; pharmaceuticals in the environment; pollution; Pollution control; predictive toxicology; psychotropics; rainbow trout; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; repellency; Research and information: general; risk assessment; serotonin; spontaneous movement activity; swimming behavior; Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes; teratogenicity; zebrafish; zebrafish larvae
• ISBN: 3036542604; 9783036542607; 9783036542591; 3036542590
• DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-0365-4259-1

Neuroactive chemicals are the largest group of micropollutants present in European rivers. There is increasing concern about the behavioral effects of these neuroactive chemicals on aquatic wildlife, potentially resulting in detrimental effects on individual, population, and community levels of ecological organization. This Special Issue, titled “Behavioral Impairment in Aquatic Organisms Exposed to Neurotoxic Pollutants”, presents original research and review articles addressing behavioral impairment induced by different aquatic invertebrate and vertebrate species to neuroactive chemicals. The selected studies include different methodological approaches, such as multi-compartment, automated plug and play, and homemade setups systems. We believe that this collection provides essential information regarding research and challenges on the behavioral ecotoxicity of invertebrate and vertebrate aquatic organisms, as well as the molecular mechanisms behind these effects.