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Original Articles

Responses of electric fish (Family Mormyridae) to chemical changes in water quality: II. Pesticides

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Pages 1171-1178 | Received 12 Mar 1993, Accepted 11 Oct 1993, Published online: 17 Dec 2008
 

Abstract

Two species of weakly electric fish, Gnathonemus petersi and G. tamandua (Family Mormyridae), have been exposed to differing concentrations of atrazine, atrazine in the presence of cyanide and lindane. Significant responses to concentrations of 0.1 mgl‐1 and 0.05 mgl‐1 of both compounds were measured as modification of the electric organ discharge (EOD) rate. Applications of 0.05 mgl‐1 atrazine plus 0.1 mgl‐1 cyanide have a synergistic effect on sensitivity of response.

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