Influence of fluoride on aluminum toxicity to Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) alevins were exposed to various aluminum (0–4700 μg/L) and four fluoride (0–500 μg/L) concentrations at two pH values (5.5 and 6.5) for 4- and 30-d periods. In the 4-d tests, aluminum with fluoride was less toxic at pH 6.5 than at pH 5.5, whereas without fluoride, pH had no effect. In the 30-d test, mortality in all treatments was 17–21% at pH 5.5, but only 3–7% at pH 6.5. Fish length and weight after 30 d were reduced in all fluoride–aluminum treatments at pH 5.5, but only in the 200-μg/L aluminum without fluoride treatment at pH 6.5. At pH 5.5 and 6.5 without aluminum, histomorphological examinations revealed no abnormalities in gill tissue. However, in aluminum exposure with no fluoride, gill filaments and secondary lamellae were swollen and thickened. Addition of fluoride at pH 6.5 alleviated some gill damage. At pH 5.5 and 200 μg/L aluminum, addition of 100 μg/L fluoride reduced swelling of gill lamellae, but 200 μg/L fluoride did not reduce swelling. Low fluoride concentrations (< 100 μg/L) may reduce gill morphological damage in fish exposed to aluminum in acidic waters, whereas high fluoride concentrations (> 100 μg/L) may not reduce aluminum-induced effects.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Influence of fluoride on aluminum toxicity to Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
Series title Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
DOI 10.1139/f95-834
Volume 52
Issue 11
Year Published 1995
Language English
Publisher NRC Press
Contributing office(s) Columbia Environmental Research Center, Leetown Science Center
Description 13 p.
First page 2432
Last page 2444
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