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Resistance to cadmium by pretreated rainbow trout alevins
Author(s) -
Pascoe D.,
Beattie J. H.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1979.tb03523.x
Subject(s) - rainbow trout , cadmium , salmo , biology , zoology , toxicity , fish <actinopterygii> , toxicology , fishery , medicine , chemistry , organic chemistry
A toxicity test with cadmium concentrations ranging from 0·1 to 100·0 mg Cd 1 −1 was used to assess the effect of cadmium pretreatment on rainbow trout ( Salmo gairdneri Richardson) alevins. The median period of survival for fish pretreated at 0·01 mg Cd 1 −1 was found to be increased at test concentrations up to 10mg Cd 1 −1 compared with alevins pretreated with dilution water. However, at concentrations above 10mg Cd 1 −1 pretreatment at 0·01 mg Cd 1 −1 reduced the median period of survival.