Competitive interactions between species of fresh-water snails: I. Laboratory. IC. Comparative survival of Biomphalaria glabrata and B. Straminea kept out of water

• Published in: Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
• Main Authors: Fredterico Simões Barbosa, D. P. Pereira da Costa, Francisco Arruda
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 1985
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Microbiology; QR1-502; Arctic; Sob’
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02761985000200006; https://doaj.org/article/310cd46b48bc4bf7830bcf5a1c09aa3b

Biomphalaria glabrata and B. straminea were submitted to an out-door laboratory experiment for testing their comparative ability to resist desiccation. Results have shown that B. straminea is significantly higher resistant than B. glabrata. After five months under such distressing condition the surv...