Plasma Chemistries of Nitrite Stressed Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar

• Published in: Journal of the World Aquaculture Society
• Main Authors: Bowser, Paul R., Wooster, Gregory A., Aluisio, Anita L., Blue, Julia T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1989
• Subjects: Agronomy and Crop Science; Aquatic Science; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-7345.1989.tb00999.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1749-7345.1989.tb00999.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1749-7345.1989.tb00999.x

Abstract Plasma chemistries were measured in Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar ) exposed to elevated nitrite concentrations in an attempt to identify those parameters of potential value as early predictors of nitrite stress in a water‐reuse system. The most notable finding was a decrease in alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity with increasing time of exposure to elevated nitrite concentrations. Chloride was found to have a protective effect against nitrite toxicity as indicated by higher ALP activities and lower percent methemoglobin in fish exposed to elevated nitrite concentrations at the higher of two chloride concentrations.