[Objective] The paper was to investigate the survival conditions of Bel- lamya sp. in different aquatic vegetation habitats in Taihu area, so as to provide suitable evaluation indexes for environmental monitoring in the area. [Method] Equal density of Bellamya sp. was placed in 3 aquatic vegetation habitats （emerged plant area, submerged plant area and non-plant area） in ecological engineering construc- tion area near the west of Wangyuhe in Taihu, the survival rate, SOD activity, MDA content and P450 enzyme activity of Bellamya sp. during outbreak and non-outbreak stage of cyanobacteria were determined, and the correlation between these indexes and ammonia nitrogen content of lake water was also analyzed. [Result] During the outbreak stage of cyanobacteria, the survival rates of Bellamya sp. in emerged plant area, submerged plant area and non-plant area were 0%, 55.2% and 89.3%, re- spectively, SOD activity first decreased and then increased, the change trend of MDA content was opposite with SOD change trend, P450 enzyme activity continu- ously decreased. During non-outbreak stage of cyanobacteria, the survival rates of Bellamya sp. in 3 habitats were 90.6% ,98.8 and 99.5%, respectively, SOD activity first decreased and then increased, MDA content first increased and then decreased, the changes of P450 enzyme activity were not regular. SOD activity of Bellamya sp. during 2 phases had significantly negative correlation with ammonia nitrogen content of lake water, MDA content had significantly positive correlation with ammonia nitro- gen content of lake water only during non-outbreak stage of cyanobacteria, P450 enzyme activity has no significant correlation with ammonia nitrogen content. This in- dicated that when Bellamya sp. was used to evaluate the impact of aquatic vegeta- tion on benthic animals, P450 enzyme activity was not the suitable indicator. [Conclusion] SOD activity in muscle tissue of Bellamya sp. could be used as the indica- tor for evaluation of habitat, MDA could be used as indicator for dete
