The EthoCRED evaluation method is a tool for assessing the relevance and reliability of behavioural ecotoxicity data. This method and accompanying reporting recommendations are designed to serve as an extension of the ‘Criteria for Reporting and Evaluating Ecotoxicity Data (CRED)’ project. As such, EthoCRED can both accommodate the wide array of experimental design approaches seen in behavioural ecotoxicology, and could be readily implemented into regulatory frameworks as deemed appropriate by policy makers of different jurisdictions to allow better integration of knowledge gained from behavioural testing into environmental protection. Further, the EthoCRED reporting recommendations were designed to improve the reporting of behavioural studies in the peer-reviewed literature, and thereby increase their usefulness to inform chemical regulation.

To find out more about the EthoCRED evaluation method, visit ethocred.org. The open access article is also available below.

Bertram, M.G., Ågerstrand, M., Thoré, E.S.J., Allen, J., Balshine, S., Brand, J.A., Brooks, B.W., Dang, Z., Duquesne, S., Ford, A.T., Hoffmann, F., Hollert, H., Jacob, S., Kloas, W., Klüver, N., Lazorchak, J., Ledesma, M., Maack, G., Macartney, E.L., Martin, J.M., Melvin, S.D., Michelangeli, M., Mohr, S., Padilla, S., Pyle, G., Saaristo, M., Sahm, R., Smit, E., Steevens, J.A., Van den Berg, S., Vossen, L.E., Wlodkowic, D., Wong, B.B.M., Ziegler, M., Brodin, T. 2024. EthoCRED: a framework to guide reporting and evaluation of the relevance and reliability of behavioural ecotoxicity studies. Biol. Rev. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.13154