Response of the Cells of Ciliated Epithelium of Unionidae to the Influence of Heavy Metals

摘要

The effects of chromium chloride, cadmium chloride, and zinc chloride on the duration of ciliary activity of the CE (ciliated epithelium) of gills and foot in Unio conus and U. rostratus gentilis were under study. The intensity of responses and duration of beating periods, in particular, depends on a salt tested and their concentrations. Correspondingly to that, there can be distinguished the phases of indifference, increased activity, depression, sublethal and lethal in activity of cilia.