Temperature Selection of Juvenile Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) as Influenced by Various Toxic Substances
- 1 August 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
- Vol. 33 (8), 1722-1730
- https://doi.org/10.1139/f76-219
Abstract
Previous exposure to sodium pentachlorophenate (NaPCP), Guthion®, malathion, Dursban®, and Dibrom® lowered the preferred temperature for juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) tested in a horizontal temperature gradient. Lindane, CuSO4, ZnSO4, CdSO4, Sevin®, heptachlor, and fenitrothion did not change the preferred temperature significantly. Comparison with other published results indicates that those substances that increase the preferred temperature are more toxic (based on relevant changes in 24-h LC50) at low temperatures and vice versa. It is suggested that such shifts in selected temperature may be of potential immediate, short-term, survival value to the fish.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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