The influence of insecticide exposure and environmental stimuli on the movement behaviour and dispersal of a freshwater isopod.

ABSTRACT: Behaviour links physiological function with ecological processes and can be very sensitive towards environmental stimuli and chemical exposure. As such, behavioural indicators of toxicity are well suited for assessing impacts of pesticides at sublethal concentrations found in the environment. Recent developments in video-tracking technologies offer the possibility of quantifying behavioural patterns, particularly locomotion, which in general has not been studied and understood very well for aquatic macroinvertebrates to date. In this study, we aim to determine the potential effects of exposure to two neurotoxic pesticides with different modes of action at different concentrations (chlorpyrifos and imidacloprid) on the locomotion behaviour of the water louse Asellus aquaticus. We compare th

SUBMITTER: Augusiak J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4961728 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature