EFFECTS OF COPPER AND LEAD ON GROWTH, FEEDING AND MORTALITY OF TERRESTRIAL GASTROPOD LIMICOLARIA FLAMMEA (MULLER, 1774)

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  • A.A.S. AMUSAN Author
  • O.O. ANYAELE Author
  • A.A. LASISI Author

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https://doi.org/10.4314/

Abstract

The effects of different concentration of copper and lead on feeding and growth response of Limicolaria flammea 
were studied. Low dose (1mg) of copper does not affect feeding activity in Limicolaria flammea whereas 
concentrations of 5mg and 6mg evoked a slow feeding rate. At low metal dosages there was no clear relationship 
between the deaths recorded in correlation with metal dosages, but at high Lead dosages there was a significant 
correlation between metal dosages, length of exposure and number of mortalities recorded (0.965; p < 0.01)

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2024-09-15

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Vol. 5 No. 1&2 (2002): Combined Issue

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Original Article

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EFFECTS OF COPPER AND LEAD ON GROWTH, FEEDING AND MORTALITY OF TERRESTRIAL GASTROPOD LIMICOLARIA FLAMMEA (MULLER, 1774). (2024). African Journal of Biomedical Research, 5(1&amp;2), 47-50. https://doi.org/10.4314/