@article{fdi:010079050, title = {{E}ffects of pollution on fish behavior, personality, and cognition : some research perspectives}, author = {{J}acquin, {L}. and {P}etitjean, {Q}. and {C}ote, {J}essica and {L}affaille, {P}. and {J}ean, {S}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{P}ollutants, and more generally, environmental stressors, are a neglected source of behavioral and cognitive variations in wild populations. {B}ased on recent literature in fish, we highlight four interesting research perspectives to better understand the effects of pollutants on the links between fish behavior, cognition and fitness. {F}irst, (1) we review the neurotoxic effects of pollutants on fish behavior, personality, and cognition. {T}hese behavioral and cognitive effects could in turn affect the level of exposure to pollutants, potentially generating feedback loops that may amplify the effects of pollutants on fish fitness. {S}econd, we propose that (2) the effects of pollutants should be studied in a multistress context, i.e., in realistic environmental conditions in combination with other stressors, because some stressors could amplify the behavioral effects of pollutants on fitness. {T}hird (3), existing studies show that physiology, personality, cognition, and fitness components are often linked in syndromes. {P}ollutants could lead to syndrome disruption, which could affect the evolutionary trajectories of exposed populations. {F}uture studies should thus focus on the complex links between traits to better understand the consequences of stressors on evolutionary trajectories. {F}ourth, (4) exposure to chronic pollution could lead to local adaptation or maladaptation, which could result into high intraspecific variability of sensitivity among wild populations. {I}n addition, evolutionary responses to pollution could constrain, or be constrained by evolutionary responses to other stressors. {W}e thus encourage future studies to use integrative approaches to bridge the gap between ecotoxicology, cognitive ecology and evolutionary ecology in a multistress framework to tackle these exciting questions and improve our ability to predict the effects of anthropogenic stressors on wildlife.}, keywords = {temperament ; contamination ; global change ; stress response ; multistress ; evolutionary ecotoxicology ; local adaptation}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{F}rontiers in {E}cology and {E}volution}, volume = {8}, numero = {}, pages = {art. 86 [12 p.]}, ISSN = {2296-701{X}}, year = {2020}, DOI = {10.3389/fevo.2020.00086}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010079050}, }