Effect of Bleached Kraft Mill Effluent on the Survival of Starved Juvenile Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)

1975 ◽  
Vol 32 (12) ◽  
pp. 2528-2530
Author(s):  
D. A. Brown ◽  
D. J. McLeay
Keyword(s):  
Coho Salmon ◽  
Oncorhynchus Kisutch ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Time To Death ◽  
Kraft Mill Effluent ◽  
Kraft Mill ◽  
Sublethal Concentrations

Starved coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) fingerlings were exposed to "sublethal" concentrations of neutralized bleached kraft mill effluent (BKME). Time to death was similar in the control group, in fish continuously exposed to BKME concentrations equivalent to 0.05–0.4 of the samples’ 96-h LC50 values, and in fish exposed to a treated (foam-stripped) portion of the samples at a volume equivalent to 0.7 LC50 for untreated effluent. Time to death decreased progressively in groups exposed to effluent concentrations higher than 0.4 of the 96-h LC50.

Relation of Water Temperature to Flexibacter columnaris Infection in Steelhead Trout (Salmo gairdneri), Coho (Oncorhynchus kisutch) and Chinook (O. tshawytscha) Salmon

1975 ◽  
Vol 32 (9) ◽  
pp. 1553-1559 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Holt ◽  
J. E. Sanders ◽  
J. L. Zinn ◽  
J. L. Fryer ◽  
K. S. Pilcher
Keyword(s):  
Water Temperature ◽  
Experimental Infection ◽  
Chinook Salmon ◽  
Coho Salmon ◽  
Oncorhynchus Kisutch ◽  
Disease Process ◽  
Salmo Gairdneri ◽  
Contact Method ◽  
Steelhead Trout ◽  
Time To Death

The effect of water temperature upon mortality from experimental infection by Flexibacter columnaris and on mean time to death was investigated in juvenile steelhead trout (Salmo gairdneri), coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch), and spring chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). Eight temperatures increasing from 3.9 to 23.3 C (39 to 74 F) by increments of 2.8 C (5 F) were studied. Fish were infected by the direct contact method whereby a suspension of the pathogen was added to the water. It was found that at temperatures of 9.4 C (49 F) and below, no deaths due to the experimental infection with F. columnaris occurred. At 12.2 C (54 F) mortality varied from 4 to 20% among the three species, and increased progressively with increasing temperature to 100% in steelhead trout and coho salmon at 20.5 C (69 F), and 70% in chinook salmon at that temperature. With all three salmonid species, an inverse linear relationship was found between water temperature and the log10 of the mean number of days from exposure to death. This means that as the temperature increased above 12.2 C (54 F), the disease process was progressively accelerated, resulting in a minimum time to death at 20.5 or 23.3 C (69 or 74 F) and a maximum at 12.2 C (54 F). The results indicate that under the conditions of these experiments, columnaris disease in salmonids was completely suppressed by water temperatures of 9.4 C (49 F) or below.

Survival, Contribution, and Return of Hatchery Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) Released into Freshwater, Estuarine, and Marine Environments

1991 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 248-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario F. Solazzi ◽  
Thomas E. Nickelson ◽  
Steven L. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Coho Salmon ◽  
Oncorhynchus Kisutch ◽  
Columbia River ◽  
Fold Increase ◽  
Coast Guard ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Survival Index ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Columbia River Plume ◽  
Brood Fish

We released six groups of marked yearling hatchery coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) in six locations each year for five years beginning with the 1981 brood. Fish were released immediately below Bonneville Dam (control), at the Tongue Point Coast Guard Station (head of saltwater intrusion in the Columbia River), between the jetties at the Columbia River bar, in the Columbia River plume water, in coastal water approximately 19 km north and 19 km offshore of the mouth of the river, and in oceanic water approximately 38 km offshore. We found a 1.6-fold increase in the survival index (ocean catch through September 18 each year) for the fish released at Tongue Point compared with the control group. After adjusting for differences in the survival index between release groups, we found a 2.5-fold increase in the contribution to the Columbia River gillnet fishery from the fish released at Tongue Point compared with the control group. We found no significant difference between survival of the other release groups and survival of the control group. We also found that the percentage of adult fish that returned to locations other than the Columbia basin increased as the distance the fish were transported offshore increased.

Sensitivity of Blood Cell Counts in Juvenile Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) to Stressors Including Sublethal Concentrations of Pulpmill Effluent and Zinc

1975 ◽  
Vol 32 (12) ◽  
pp. 2357-2364 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. McLeay
Keyword(s):  
Blood Cell ◽  
Coho Salmon ◽  
Oncorhynchus Kisutch ◽  
Sublethal Concentration ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Cell Counts ◽  
Blood Cell Counts ◽  
Stock Values ◽  
Sublethal Concentrations ◽  
Sensitive Method

Transfer of fish from optimal to high-temperature, crowded holding conditions decreased white blood cell-thrombocyte (WBC-T) counts markedly on 12–96-h exposure. Red blood cell (RBC) counts were increased only slightly at 12 and 48 h. During 28 days acclimatization following transfer to simulated stream compartments, WBC-T counts returned to stock values within 2–4 days, following an initial decline. RBC counts were not altered appreciably.The decline in WBC-T counts of acclimatized fish to a high sublethal concentration of pulpmill effluent was greatest at 24 h. Mean RBC counts were decreased over 24–96 h, but differences were significant at 24 h only. In acclimatized fish exposed to pulpmill effluent, WBC-T counts were decreased (P < 0.001) at concentrations between 0.2 and 0.9 of the 96-h LC50. A 24-h exposure to 15% vol/vol of this effluent had considerably less effect on the WBC-T count when the effluent had been detoxified by foam fractionation.Under similar experimental conditions, exposure to sublethal levels of zinc depressed mean WBC-T counts proportional to concentration, although differences were only significant at 0.5 LC50 and greater. RBC counts were unchanged.The WBC-T response provides a reasonably rapid and sensitive method for measuring stressful levels of pulpmill effluents to salmon. Declines in WBC-T counts are attributable to reduced numbers of circulating small lymphocytes, which could result in decreased resistance of stressed fishes to disease.

Behavior of Juvenile Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) Exposed to Sumithion (Fenitrothion), an Organophosphate Insecticide

1974 ◽  
Vol 31 (12) ◽  
pp. 1867-1872 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher J. Bull ◽  
John E. McInerney
Keyword(s):  
Coho Salmon ◽  
Physiological Stress ◽  
Oncorhynchus Kisutch ◽  
Sensitive Indicator ◽  
Behavior Changes ◽  
Organophosphate Insecticide ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Ecological Implications ◽  
Insecticide Concentration ◽  
Sublethal Concentrations

Wild underyearling coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, in a stream aquarium were exposed to sublethal concentrations of the organophosphate insecticide Sumithion (0.10, 0.23, 0.48, and 0.75 ppm fenitrothion). After 2-h exposure at 0.48 and 0.75 ppm the pattern of behavior changes indicated physiological impairment. All behaviors involving locomotion, including some comfort behaviors, virtually ceased. Many fish, unable to maintain position, were swept downstream. Only coughing increased in frequency with insecticide concentration, providing an indicator of physiological stress. In the 0–0.23 ppm range social behaviors and feeding markedly decreased in frequency whereas comfort movements generally increased; feeding was depressed at concentrations as low as 0.1 ppm. Of the various behaviors examined, feeding probably provides the best combination of a sensitive indicator of low level contamination by an organophosphate insecticide and a behavior with important ecological implications.

Responses in a Fathead Minnow (Pimephales promelas) Lifecycle Test and in Wild White Sucker (Catostomus commersoni) Exposed to a Canadian Bleached Kraft Mill Effluent

2010 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanne L. Parrott ◽  
L. Mark Hewitt ◽  
Tibor G. Kovacs ◽  
Deborah L. MacLatchy ◽  
Pierre H. Martel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Egg Production ◽  
Fathead Minnow ◽  
Pimephales Promelas ◽  
Fish Reproduction ◽  
White Sucker ◽  
Catostomus Commersoni ◽  
Liver Size ◽  
Paper Mill Effluent ◽  
Kraft Mill Effluent ◽  
Kraft Mill

Abstract To evaluate currently available bioassays for their use in investigating the causes of pulp and paper mill effluent effects on fish reproduction, the responses of wild white sucker (Catostomus commersoni) collected from the receiving environment at the bleached kraft mill at La Tuque, Quebec, were compared with responses of fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) exposed to effluent in a laboratory lifecycle test. White sucker collected at effluent exposed sites had increased liver size but none of the reproductive effects that had been documented in earlier field studies at this site. Exposure to 1, 3, 10, 30, and 100% bleached kraft mill effluent (BKME) in the lab led to significantly decreased length, but increased weight and liver size in male fathead minnow. Female length was also decreased and liver size was increased at high effluent exposures. Most effluent concentrations (1 to 30%) significantly increased egg production compared with controls. The fathead minnow lifecycle assay mirrored the effects seen in wild fish captured downstream of the BKME discharge. These results will be used to select short-term fish tests for investigating the causes of and solutions to the effects of mill effluents on fish reproduction.

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