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O1factory and Sexual Attractiveness of Western Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Exposed to the Commonly Used Insecticide Endosulfan

  • Park, Daesik (Department of Zoology, Michigan State University) ;
  • Propper, Catherine R. (Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University) ;
  • Park, Shi-Ryong (Department of Biology Education, Korea National University of Education)
  • Published : 2002.06.01
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Abstract

To know whether a short-term exposure to a commonly used insecticide induces subtle negative toxic effects, female western mosquitofish, Gam-busia affinis, were exposed to 0.1, 0.5, and 1 pub endosulfan for one week and subsequently examined for their olfactory and sexual attractiveness to conspecific males. A short-term exposure to endosulfan did not impair the physical conditions investigated in this study nor did it disrupt olfactory attractiveness of female mosquitofish. However, 1 ppb endosulfan significantly reduced sexual attractiveness of exposed females. Test males showed significantly less copulation attempts with the exposed females. Our results suggest that in the field, a short term exposure of endosulfan may disrupt mating processes in non-targeted aquatic organisms.

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