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Record 1 1999-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
  • Water Pollution
CONT

Salmon, brown trout and sea trout are the most sensitive to acidification. Brown trout and salmon disappear at a pH of 5. Yellow perch, lake herring and cyprinids are more acid-resistant. They disappear at a pH of about 4.2.

Key term(s)
  • acid resisting

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
  • Pollution de l'eau
DEF

En parlant d'un organisme ou d'un milieu, qui est apte à supporter, sans manifester de réponse particulière, l'action d'un altérogène acide.

CONT

Dans les stades plus avancés d'acidification, l'intoxication (métaux toxiques) des organismes tolérants à l'acide vient rajouter une seconde pression sélective, résultant en une diversité encore plus appauvrie, combinée à une diminution et un arrêt de la production primaire (affectation de la photosynthèse).

Spanish

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