Pollutants, and more generally, environmental stressors, are a neglected source of
behavioral and cognitive variations in wild populations. Based on recent literature in fish, we …

Environmental pollutants such as metals, pesticides, and other organics pose serious risks
to many aquatic organisms. Accordingly, a great deal of previous research has …

Flexible or innovative behavior is advantageous, especially when animals are exposed to
frequent and unpredictable environmental perturbations. Improved cognitive abilities can …

In the context of global changes, fish are increasingly exposed to multiple stressors that
have cascading effects from molecules to the whole individual, thereby affecting wild fish …

Animals typically display among-individual differences in behavior that are consistent over
time (ie, personality). These differences are often triggered by variable individual responses …

Animal behaviour is remarkably sensitive to disruption by chemical pollution, with
widespread implications for ecological and evolutionary processes in contaminated wildlife …

Many fish populations are exposed to harmful levels of chemical pollution and selection
pressures associated with these exposures have led to the evolution of tolerance. Our …

Anthropogenic environmental change is exposing animals to changes in a complex array of
interacting stressors and is already having important effects on the distribution and …

Most fishes experiencing challenging environments are able to adjust and adapt their
physiology and behaviour to help them cope more effectively. Much of this flexibility is …

Behavioral reactions of fishes are measureable, adaptive features which contribute to their
evolutionary fitness and, hence, can serve as biomarkers of stress. For a behavior to serve …