Freitas, Erico Tadeu Fraga http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8509-8662
Moreira, Amanda Maria Siqueira
de Paula, Rayan Silva
Andrade, Gabriela Rabelo
de Carvalho, Marcela David
Assis, Paulo Santos
Jorge, Erika Cristina
Cardoso, Antônio Valadão
Funding for this research was provided by:
Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica (Annel/Cemig GT-604)
Article History
Received: 17 September 2020
Accepted: 31 December 2021
First Online: 17 January 2022
Declarations
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: The experiments have been conducted in compliance with the Brazilian law nº 11.794, of 08/10/2008, (available at ExternalRef removed), that concerns laboratory and field experiments involving animals and following the orientation of the Ethical Committee of the Universidade Federal of Minas Gerais (UFMG), which follows the Brazilian regulations on the matter (available at ExternalRef removed<u>).</u> The law ruling the animal experiment is concerned about those animals pertaining to the Phylum Chordata and the subphylum Vertebrata. For all the other cases, the submission of the proposal to the above-mentioned ethical committee is waived. Even though there are no specific rules about experiments using invertebrates, our work was carried out in compliance with international standards in ethical research and recent scientific concerns, as those expressed in Drinkwater et al. (<i>Methods Ecol Evol</i>, 2019, 10(8):1265-1273. doi:ExternalRef removed), and ASAB (<i>Animal Behaviour</i>, 2020, 159:I-XI. doi:ExternalRef removed).
: Our experiments were performed using adult <i>L. fortunei</i> specimens (which are molluscs of the class <i>Bivalvia</i>). The collection, transport and maintenance of the molluscs in the laboratory have been authorized by the environmental agency ICMBio, linked to the Ministry of the Environment under code 72222-2 (and can be accessed in ExternalRef removed).
: Not applicable.
: We declare no competing interests.