Abstract
A resistivity anomaly near the superconducting transition temperature is observed in the ab-plane of as-grown Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 (Bi-2 2 1 2) single crystals. The resistivity at the peak is much larger than the normal state resistivity around 100 K. The peak vanished gradually with increasing the applied magnetic field. I---V curves of the Bi-2 2 1 2 samples also exhibit a peak close to the transition steps, vanishing gradually with increasing intrinsic granularity of high-Tc superconductors.