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The Effect of High Concentrations of Iron on Impounded American Lobsters: A Case Study
Author(s) -
Jansen M.,
Groman D.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of aquatic animal health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.507
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1548-8667
pISSN - 0899-7659
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8667(1993)005<0155:teohco>2.3.co;2
Subject(s) - carapace , homarus , lethargy , biology , american lobster , fishery , gill , aeration , crustacean , zoology , fish <actinopterygii> , ecology , medicine
Iron precipitates are reported from American lobsters Homarus americanus held in cold saline water of high iron concentration (11.0 mg/L). Upon aeration, an insoluble ferric oxide precipitate or hydroxide precipitate (or both) formed and was deposited within the carapace matrix and the gills, occluding the respiratory lamellae. Clinical signs included a darkened carapace and lethargy.