A mechanism for acute aluminium toxicity
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C. Exley; J.S. Chappell; J.D. Birchall
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Article
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1991
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Aluminium is acutely toxic to fish in acid waters. The gill is the principal target organ and death is due to a combination of ionoregulatory, osmoregulatory and respiratory dysfunction. The toxic mechanism has hitherto received little direct consideration and is unknown. In this paper the mechanism