Aluminium in acidic river water causes mortality of farmed Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L.) in Norwegian fjords

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 83, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 169-174

  Bjerknes, Vilhelm ^a   Fyllingen, Inger ^b   Holtet, Lisbet ^c   Teien, Hans Chr ^d   Rosseland, Bjørn O ^a   Kroglund, Frode ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b Bergen Fish Health Service   (Norway)

^c Bergen Small Animal Clinic   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aluminium; Atlantic salmon; Estuary; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ALUMINUM; MORTALITY; RIVER WATER; SALMONID FISHERY; TOXICITY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA; NORWEGIAN SHELF [NORWEGIAN SEA];

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 0347531755     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4203(03)00110-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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