SOME BEHAVIOURAL RESPONSES OF LIMICOLARIA AURORA EXPOSED TO GRAMOXONE
The effects of 0.5 , 1.0 , 1.5 and 2.0 % of combined oral and dermal single-application of 0.1 M concentration of gramoxone (contact herbicide, paraquat chloride) on Limicolaria aurora were determined and compared with control using Amaranthus sp. as bait. Responses were measured through normal feed...
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Published in | Nigerian journal of physiological sciences Vol. 19; no. 1-2 |
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Format | Journal Article |
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Nigeria
Physiological Society of Nigeria
31.12.2004
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Summary: | The effects of 0.5 , 1.0 , 1.5 and 2.0 % of combined oral and dermal
single-application of 0.1 M concentration of gramoxone (contact
herbicide, paraquat chloride) on Limicolaria aurora were determined
and compared with control using Amaranthus sp. as bait. Responses
were measured through normal feeding and crawling, head retraction into
the shell, swelling, excessive mucus secretion, lack of response to
mechanical stimuli (mortality). Results showed no effects on controls.
Snails exposed to gramoxone fed less as contamination increased.
Gramoxone is molluscicidal, it can also result in behaviour-modifying
observations in snails which are non-target organisms in the ecosystem. |
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ISSN: | 0794-859X |