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The effect of aluminium in soft water at low pH and different temperatures on mortality, ventilation frequency and water balance in smoltifying Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar

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The present study focuses on the effect of temperature on Al-chemistry and the subsequent toxicity to smoltifying Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar. Fish were exposed to acidic Al-rich water at different temperatures, and mortality, ventilation frequency and various blood parameters were measured. The relationship between temperature and Al-toxicity was documented as mortality increased systematically with increasing temperature. Physiological disturbances at the gills reflected the temperature dependent Al-toxicity. The temperature dependent toxicity observed is probably due to the degree of ongoing Al-polymerization.

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  2. Norwegian Institute of Nature Research, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1037, Blindern, N-0315, Oslo, 3, Norway

    Ivar P. Muniz

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Poléo, A.B., Muniz, I.P. The effect of aluminium in soft water at low pH and different temperatures on mortality, ventilation frequency and water balance in smoltifying Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar . Environ Biol Fish 36, 193–203 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00002799

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