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

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...

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Main Authors: Fredterico Simões Barbosa, D. P. Pereira da Costa, Francisco Arruda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 1985-06-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761985000200006