Abstract
The extinction of piscine populations in waters acidified by atmospheric fallout of pollutants and runoff from coal strip mines usually occurs through recruitment failure. To determine mechanisms of recruitment failure, several physiological parameters of developing rainbow trout were monitored while fish were exposed to conditions of low pH and varied calcium ion concentrations. Cardiac rate, ossification, growth, tissue calcium concentrations, protein maturation, hatching, and mortality were examined. Results indicate a decreased cardiac rate, decreased rate of ossification, slower growth, less pigmentation, delayed hatching and increased mortality under conditions of low pH. Cardiac rate, hatching and mortality varied with the external calcium concentration.
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