The role of environmental sodium chloride relative to calcium in gill morphology of freshwater salmonid fish

Ultrastructure, distribution and abundance of cell types were examined in the gills of two freshwater salmonid species, Salmo fario and Salmo gairdneri, in media of selected ion content. In plain hard water (PW) with high concentrations of Ca2+, Na+, and Cl-, gill chloride cells (CC) were confined to trailing edges and interlamellar regions of filaments whereas in mountain soft water (MW) with low concentrations of Ca2+, Na+, and Cl-, CC were …