Tracing of haematotoxic agents in water with the aid ...
Description
Citation
| Title | Tracing of haematotoxic agents in water with the aid of captive fish: a study with captive adult Atlantic salmon Salmo salar in the river Don Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| Author(s) | N. Everall, C. Mitchell, D. Groman, J. Johnston |
| Journal | Diseases of aquatic organisms |
| Date | 1991 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Start page | 75 |
| End page | 85 |
| Abstract | The riverine location of haematotoxic discharges was determined by exposing adult captive Atlantic salmon to River Don water in situ. Experiments were conducted using a control group and 4 test groups at different distances downstream from a paper mill and field drain discharges. Significant changes in whole blood haemoglobin, plasma cholesterol and bilirubin in salmon from polluted sites indicated the induction of a marked bilirubinaemia in test fish. The most marked pathology occurred in salmon exposed at a site below all the major effluent inputs into the river and suggested additive/synergistic effects between discharges. Pathophysiological changes in captive test fish from the polluted area closely resembled those recorded in wild Don salmon suffering from a non-infectious hyperbilirubinaemia. The effluent cause of the pigmented syndrome in wild Don salmon appeared to be located between the reference site and a point 15 km downstream in the River Don.. |
| ISSN | 0177-5103 |
| Use/Reproduction | Contact Publisher |
| Text | http://www.islandscholar.ca/download_ds/ir:ir-batch6-3830/OBJ |
Using APA 6th Edition citation style.
[Page generation failure. The bibliography processor requires a browser with Javascript enabled.]
Times viewed: 64