An electronic device to record behavioural activity of bivalves.
An electronic device to record the valvular movements of clams was fabricated using a Hall effect transducer. It was used to record the responses of Anadara granosa, an arcid clam harvested from coastal waters of Bombay, to a chemical toxicant (10 ppm CuSO4) after 96 hr exposure to naphthalene (5, 10 and 15 ppm). The clams exposed to naphthalene did not respond to the presence of a chemical toxicant (10 ppm CuSO4) while the control clams responded and closed their shells rapidly.
Eapen
J T
JT
Health Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Bombay, India.
D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D049872:Bivalvia / Q000502:physiology*; D004581:Electronics