#fish-behavior

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4 months ago

Our medications are leaking into waterways and may be changing fish behavior

Pharmaceutical pollution in waterways affects fish behavior.
Clobazam increased migration success in Atlantic salmon during a controlled study.
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4 months ago

Anxiety drugs found in rivers make salmon take more risks

"On the face of it, it sounds like giving drugs to fish is beneficial," said Jack Brand, a biologist at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. "But any departure from natural behaviour is likely to have potential broad and negative consequences for the population."
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