Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 21(1): 73-79, doi: 10.3750/AIP1991.21.1.07
Cardiovascular and respiratory changes in eel, Anguilla anguilla L. during exposure to lethal doses of lindane at different water temperatures
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Citation: Mourad M (1991) Cardiovascular and respiratory changes in eel, Anguilla anguilla L. during exposure to lethal doses of lindane at different water temperatures. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 21(1): 73-79. https://doi.org/10.3750/AIP1991.21.1.07
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Abstract
Heart rate and ventilation frequency were monitored in ell exposed to lethal doses of lindane at different water temperatures. A simultaneous bradycardia and hyperventilation followed by a decrease in the ventilation rate occured after exposure to lindane. It is concluded that lindane kills fish by internal hypoxia induced by damage to the gills.