Shell Valve Movement Response of Dark False Mussel, Mytilopsis Leucophaeta, to Chlorination
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Shell valve movements of fouling mussel, Mytilopsis leucophaeta, have been studied in the presence of chlorine, using a mussel monitor. Data showed increasing shell valve closure with increasing chlorine concentration. Shell opening rates of M . leucophaeta at control experiments (0 mg litre“ 1 residual chlorine) were about 10 times more than those at 1 mg litre" 1 residual chlorine. Continuous dosing of 0.75 mg litre-1 residual chlorine is required before shell movements are critically affected. Since current environmental stipulations do not permit this, a level of 0 ,5 mg litre“ 1 has to be used continuously during settlement periods o f M , leucophaeta for their control. The results also indicate that M . leucophaeta is more tolerant to chlorine than other mussel species. © 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd
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