INDIVIDUAL AND COMBINED EFFECTS OF HEAVY METALS ON BEHAVIOUR AND RESPIRATORY RESPONSES OF OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS


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Authors

  • R James V. O. Chidambaram College, Tuticorin-628 008, India

Abstract

Sublethal effects of Copper, Zinc and Cadmium on behaviour and respiratory responses of Oreochromis
mossambicus were studicid individually and in combinations. Animals exposed to Cu + Zn and Cu + Cd
combinations exhibited the strange phenomenon of behavioural changes than the animals exposed to
Copper or Zinc or Cadmium individually. The rates of oxygen consumption and opercular movements
were increased when the fish were exposed to chosen metals individually and in combinations on first
day while it was declined on 15th day. The results arc discussed in the light of recent literature.

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Author Biography

  • R James, V. O. Chidambaram College, Tuticorin-628 008, India
    V. O. Chidambaram College, Tuticorin-628 008, India

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Vol. 37 No. 2 (1990)

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James, R. (2011). INDIVIDUAL AND COMBINED EFFECTS OF HEAVY METALS ON BEHAVIOUR AND RESPIRATORY RESPONSES OF OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 37(2), 139-143. https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJF/article/view/10456