Preference of Biomphalaria tenagophila among macrophytes and their periphytons determined through the degree of attractiveness

Santos, Mairy Barbosa Loureiro dos; Freitas, José Rabelo de

doi:10.1590/S0036-46651988000400003

Abstracts

In presence of extracts of six flowering plants the Biomphalaria tenagophila was more attracted to four them in the following sequence: Nasturtium pumilum > Polygonum acre > Commelina sp. = Echinochloa crusgalli. The periphyton of these flowering plants attracted in the same way the B. tenagophila but without no preference for either of them. Reporting the results that behavior may be evaluated as a co-evolution between snail and plants.

Macrophytes; Periphyton

Em presença de extratos de seis macrófitas a Biomphalaria tenagophila apresentou maior atração por quatro delas, na seguinte ordem: Nasturtium pumilum > Polygonum acre > Commelina sp. = Echinocloa crusgalli. Para o perifíton destas macrófitas a B. tenagophila foi atraída, sem mostrar preferência entre eles. Na discussão, tal comportarríento é avaliado sob o ponto de vista da co-evolução entre moluscos e plantas.

Biomphalaria tenagophila

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Preference of Biomphalaria tenagophila among macrophytes and their periphytons determined through the degree of attractiveness

Atração da Biomphalaria tenagophila por extratos de macrófitas

Mairy Barbosa Loureiro dos Santos; José Rabelo de Freitas

Instituto de Ciências Biológicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Departamento de Biologia Geral. Caixa Postal 2486. CEP 30161 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil

SUMMARY

In presence of extracts of six flowering plants the Biomphalaria tenagophila was more attracted to four them in the following sequence: Nasturtium pumilum > Polygonum acre > Commelina sp. = Echinochloa crusgalli. The periphyton of these flowering plants attracted in the same way the B. tenagophila but without no preference for either of them. Reporting the results that behavior may be evaluated as a co-evolution between snail and plants.

Key words:Biomphalaria tenagophila; Macrophytes; Periphyton.

RESUMO

Em presença de extratos de seis macrófitas a Biomphalaria tenagophila apresentou maior atração por quatro delas, na seguinte ordem: Nasturtium pumilum > Polygonum acre > Commelina sp. = Echinocloa crusgalli. Para o perifíton destas macrófitas a B. tenagophila foi atraída, sem mostrar preferência entre eles. Na discussão, tal comportarríento é avaliado sob o ponto de vista da co-evolução entre moluscos e plantas.

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[1] 1. BOUSFIELD, J. D. - Plant extracts and chemically triggered positive rheotaxis in Biomphalaria glabrata (Say), snail intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoni (Sambon). J. appl. Ecol., 19: 681-690, 1979.

[2] 2. BOVBJERG, R. V. - Response to food in Lymnacid snails. Physiol. Zool., 41: 412-423, 1968.

[3] 3. BOVBJERG, R. V. - Feeding and dispersal in the snail Stagnicola reflexa (Basommatophora: Lymnaeidae). Malacologia, 2: 199-207, 1975.

[4] 4. CALOW, P. - Some observations on locomotory strategies and their metabolic effects in two species of freshwater gastropods, Ancylus fluviatilis Müll and Planorbis contortus Linn. Oecologia, 16: 149-161, 1974.

[5] 5. CHANG, W. H. & TOLBERT, N. E. - Excretion of glycolate, mesotartrate and isocitrate lactone by synchronized cultures of Ankistrodesmus braunii Plant Physiol., 46: 377-385, 1970.

[6] 6. CROLL, R. P. - Gastropod chemoreception. Biol. Rev. Camb. Philos. Soc, 58: 293-319, 1983.

[7] 7. ETGES, F. J. & FRICK, L. P. - An experimental field study of chemoreception and response in Australorbis glabratus (Say) under rheotactic conditions. Amer. J. trop. Med. Hyg., 15: 434-438, 1966.

[8] 8. GAZZINELLI, G.; RAMALHO PINTO, F. J.; PELLEGRINO, J. & GILBERT, B. - Uptake and assimilation of ⁵⁹Fe as a tool for the study of crowding effect in Biomphalaria glabrata Amer. J. trop. Med. Hyg., 19: 1034-1037, 1970.

[9] 9. GILBERTSON, D. E. & JONES, K. G. - Uptake and assimilation of amino-acids by Biomphalaria glabrata (Gastropoda: Planorbidae). Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 42A: 621-626, 1972.

[10] 10. HUNTER, R. D. - Bioenergetic and community changes in intertidal aufwichs grazed by Littorina littorea Ecology, 64: 761-769, 1983.

[11] 11. JUTTNER, F. & FRITZ, F. - Excretion products of Ochromonas with special reference to pyrrolidone carboxylic acid. Arch. Microbiol., 96: 223-232, 1974.

[12] 12. KOHN, A. J. - Chemoreception in gastropod molluscs. Amer. Zool., 1: 291-309, 1961.

[13] 13. MAKSIMOVA, I. V. & PIMENOVA, M. N. - Liberation of organic acids by green unicellular algae. Microbiology, 37: 64-70. 1969.

[14] 14. MICHELSON, E. H. - Chemoreception in the snail Australorbis glabratus Amer. J. trop. Med. Hyg., 9: 480-487, 1960.

[15] 15. PATIENCE, R. L.; STERRY, P. R. & THOMAS. J. D. - Changes in chemical composition of a decomposing aquatic macrophyte, Lemna paucicostata J. Chem. Ecol., 9: 889-911, 1983.

[16] 16. PIP, E & STEWART, J. M. - The dynamic of two aquatic plant-snail association. Canad. J. Zool., 54: 1192 1205. 1976.

[17] 17. PORTER, K. G. - The plant animal interface in fresh water ecosystems. Amer. Scient., 65: 159-170, 1977.

[18] 18. PURCHON, R. D. - The biology of the Molusca. 2Ş. ed. New York, Pergamon Press, 1978.

[19] 19. SEPERS, A. B. J. - The utilization of dissolved organic compounds in aquatic environments. Hydrobiologia, 52: 39-54, 1977.

[20] 20. THOMAS, J. D. & ASSEF, B. - Behavioural responses to amino acids by juvenile Biomphalaria glabrata, a snail host of Schistosoma mansoni Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 63C: 99-108. 1979.

[21] 21. THOMAS, J. D. - Chemical ecology of the snail host of schistosomiasis: snail snail and snail plant interactions. Malacologia, 22: 81-91, 1982.

[22] 22. THOMAS, J. D.; OFOSU BARKO, J. & PATIENCE, R. L. - Behavioural response to carboxylic and amino acids by Biomphalaria glabrata (Say) the snail host of Schistosoma mansoni (Sambon) and other freshwater molluscs. Comp. Biochem. Physiol, 75C: 57-76, 1983

[23] 23. THOMAS, J. D. & TAIT, A. J. - Control of the snail hosts of schistosomiasis by environmental manipulation: a field and laboratory appraisal in the IBADAN Area, Nigeria. Phil. Trans. B, 305: 201-253, 1984.

[24] 24. TOWNSEND, C. R. - The food finding orientation mechanism of Biomphalaria glabrata (Say). Anim. Behav., 21: 544-548, 1973a.

[25] 25. TOWNSEND, C. R. - The role of osphradium in chemoreception by the snail Biomphalaria glabrata (Say). Anim. Behav., 21: 549-556, 1973b.

[26] 26. WETZEL, R. G. & MANNY, B. A. - Secretion of dissolved organic nitrogen by aquatic macrophytes. Arch. Hidrobiol., 18: 162-170, 1972.

Preference of Biomphalaria tenagophila among macrophytes and their periphytons determined through the degree of attractiveness

Atração da Biomphalaria tenagophila por extratos de macrófitas

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