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Do migratory or demographic disruptions rule the population impact of pollution in spatial networks?

April 26, 2017demographic disruptions impact migratory Networks pollution population rule spatial

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Do migratory or demographic disruptions rule the population impact of pollution in spatial networks?

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Chaumot A; Charles S; Flammarion P; Auger P UMR CNRS 5558, Université Claude Bernard-Lyon 1, 43 Boulevard du 11 novembre 1918, Batiment 741-711 FR-69622, Cedex, Villeurbanne, France. chaumot@oreka.com Ecotoxicology supplies environmental quality criteria mainly based on the potential effects of contaminants on demographic rates of natural populations. Possible impacts through pollutant-induced disruptions of spatial behaviors are totally neglected. Should it be significant to take into account this “second way”? We developed the example of a hypothetical brown trout population living in a river network. We analyzed how behaviors of toxic avoidance or attraction during the spawning migration alter the impact of pollution. Attraction behaviors basically enhanced the bad effect of pollution. More interesting, avoidance behaviors can weakly lift the asymptotic population growth rate, while if there is density-dependent effects on recruitment, pollutant avoidance can actually lead to a subs