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Responses to low pH of perch, Perca fluviatilis, from a naturally acid and a neutral lake were compared by 24 hr exposures to pH 4.6, 4.1 and 3.8 and by 72 hr exposures to pH 4.5. Plasma osmolality and plasma concentrations of Na and chloride decreased in fish from both lakes during acid exposures. Significant differences between the populations were observed at pH 4.1 and 4.5. Hematocrits of the fish from the acid lake increased rapidly and at higher pH compared with those of fish fran the neutral lake. This was interpreted as an adaptation to their normal acidic environment, connected with the maintenance of red cell oxygen affinity. The perch from the acid lake maintained their muscle water balance at lower pH better than did the fish fran the neutral lake.
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Rask, M., Virtanen, E. (1986). Responses of Perch, Perca Fluviatilis L., from an Acidic and a Neutral Lake to Acidic Water. In: Martin, H.C. (eds) Acidic Precipitation. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3385-9_53
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