Table 2 Numbers of fish with signs of gas bubble trauma. Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar ssp. Bleke) originating from a landlocked population in the Otra river, were exposed to water from river Otra (Control, pH 6.5), or this water with gas supersaturation (GSS; TGP-110%), simulated environmental acidification (SEA; pH 5.5 + Al), and the combine (GSS + SEA; pH 5.5 + Al, TGP-110%), for six days. H2SO4 was used to acidify water to pH5.5; AlCl3.6H2O was diluted to obtain a nominal concentration of 67 µg [Al] l−1 for SEA. The nominal total gas pressure (TGP) in GSS was 110% in the exposure tanks, while the TGP level was 100% in treatments with no GSS.
Fish inspected (n) | Gas bubbles | Exophtalmia (pop eye) | Internal hemorrhage | Fish with clinical signs | Fish with uncertain signs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Control | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
GSS | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
SEA | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
GSS + SEA | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |