Minamata disease in Japan and the large-scale poisoning by methylmercury (MeHg) in Iraq
caused wide public concerns about the risk emanating from mercury for human health …

The numbers of potential neurotoxicants in the environment are raising and pose a great risk
for humans and the environment. Currently neurotoxicity assessment is mostly performed to …

Adverse outcome pathways (AOPs) organize knowledge on the progression of toxicity
through levels of biological organization. By determining the linkages between toxicity …

Mercury is a potent neurotoxin, and increasing levels have led to concern for human and
wildlife health in many regions of the world. During the past three decades, studies in fish …

Maintaining the viability of populations of plants and animals is a key focus for
environmental regulation. Population‐level responses integrate the cumulative effects of …

Escape responses are used by most fish species in order to avoid predation. Escape
responses include a number of behavioral and kinematic components, such as …

The larval phase of marine teleost fishes is characterized by important morphological and
physiological modifications. Many of these modifications improve the larvae's ability to swim …

Marine fishes in South Florida (Florida Keys–Florida Bay–Everglades region) accumulate
higher concentrations of mercury (Hg) in their tissues than similar fishes from other areas of …

Mercury (Hg), a ubiquitous and highly toxic bioaccumulative contaminant, can maternally
transfer and elicit deleterious effects on adult reproduction and offspring phenotype in fish …

Fish behavior can be altered by contaminants. There is an extensive literature on laboratory
behavioral assays, with many chemicals impairing feeding or predator avoidance. However …