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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ecol Appl. 2018 Apr;28(3):605–611. doi: 10.1002/eap.1698

Table 1.

Phylogenetic signal in fish LC50 values by chemical class

Chemical Class Mode of Action* N Temp
t-Value
Temp
p-Value
λ Value
Azinphos-methyl Organophosphate AChE 18 0.79 0.44 0.995a
Chlorpyrifos Organophosphate AChE 15 0.67 0.51 0.584b
Coumaphos Organophosphate AChE 10 0.11 0.91 0.0b
Diazinon Organophosphate AChE 13 0.43 0.67 1.0a
Dichlorvos Organophosphate AChE 10 0.12 0.91 1.0a
EPN Organophosphate AChE 12 −2.3 0.043 0.981
Fenitrothion Organophosphate AChE 14 1.4 0.18 0.223b
Malathion Organophosphate AChE 25 1.7 0.095 0.979a
Methylparathion Organophosphate AChE 14 1.7 0.12 0.723a
Parathion Organophosphate AChE 11 −2.6 0.027 1.0a
Phorate Organophosphate AChE 10 −1.1 0.30 0.845
Trichlorfon Organophosphate AChE 15 0.37 0.72 0.891a,b
Aminocarb Carbamate AChE 11 −2.4 0.039 0.97
Carbaryl Carbamate AChE 33 2.6 0.013 0.0b
Carbofuran Carbamate AChE 10 0.51 0.62 1.0
Methomyl Carbamate AChE 11 −2.0 0.075 0.0b
Mexacarbate Carbamate AChE 17 0.76 0.46 0.0b
Chlordane Organochlorine Neurotoxicity 14 7.7 <0.001 0.0
DDT Organochlorine Neurotoxicity 25 0.97 0.34 0.246b
Endosulfan Organochlorine Neurotoxicity 14 −0.33 0.74 0.0
Endrin Organochlorine Neurotoxicity 20 1.7 0.11 0.0b
Heptochlor Organochlorine Neurotoxicity 10 0.16 0.88 1.0
Lindane Organochlorine Neurotoxicity 15 1.6 0.16 0.574a
Methoxychlor Organochlorine Neurotoxicity 18 3.3 0.004 0.0b
Pentochlorophenol Organochlorine Neurotoxicity 20 −0.82 0.42 0.833b
Toxaphene Organochlorine Neurotoxicity 15 1.9 0.08 0.0b
Cadmium Metal MIOI 13 2.9 0.014 0.0b
Chromium (VI) Metal MIOI 15 1.1 0.28 0.0b
Copper Metal MIOI 46 2.6 0.012 0.601b
Zinc Metal MIOI 28 2.9 0.001 0.0b
Bioethanomethrin Pyrethroid Neurotoxicity 11 −1.2 0.27 0.942a
Permethrin Pyrethroid Neurotoxicity 16 1.4 0.18 0.0b
S-Bioallethrin Pyrethroid Neurotoxicity 10 3.0 0.017 0.817
3-Chloro-3-nitrosalicylanilide Nitroaromatic Non-polar Narcosis 10 0.86 0.41 0.0b
Clonitralid Nitroaromatic ETI 10 −0.30 0.77 0.0
Dinitramine Nitroaromatic ETI 10 c c 0.322b
Ammonia Inorganic ETI 26 1.1 0.28 0.0
Potassium Permanganate Inorganic Reactivity 11 0.20 0.85 0.0
4-Nonylphenol Phenol Polar Narcosis 10 1.1 0.31 0.0b
Phenol Phenol Polar Narcosis 10 2.8 0.022 0.69
Antimycin A Antibiotic ETI 14 2.9 0.013 0.514b
Captan Phthalamide Non-polar Narcosis 10 −0.16 0.87 0.912a
*

Mode of action classified according to Barron et al. (2015). AChE: acetylcholinesterase inhibition; Neurotoxicity: MIOI: Metallic iono/osmoregulatory impairment; ETI: electron transport inhibition.

a

λ significantly different from 0

b

λ significantly different from 1

c

All species tested at 12°C