Ichthyotoxicity of a harmful dinoflagellate Cochlodinium polykrikoides: Aspect of biochemical and hematological responses of fish exposed to Algal blooms

  • Kim, Chang-Sook (Harmful Algal Blooms Research Division, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute) ;
  • Bae, Heon-Meen (Harmful Algal Blooms Research Division, National Fisheries Research and Development Institut) ;
  • Cho, Yong-Chul (Harmful Algal Blooms Research Division, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute)
  • Published : 2000.10.01

Abstract

To elucidate the ichthyotoxic mechanisms of a harmful dinoflagellate Cochlodinium polykrikoides, biochemical and hematological responses of fish exposed to blooms were investigated. Particularly, based on our finding that oxidative damages of gill were associated with fish mortality, dysfunction of ion-transporting enzymes and secretion of gill mucus of fish exposed to this bloom species were examined. (omitted)

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