Bleak prospects: Browning of waters endangers rainbow trout
Scientists from the University of South Bohemia and the Research Institute of Farm Animal Biology (FBN) have discovered that the increasing browning of our waters caused by organic substances poses a previously underestimated threat to rainbow trout. Fish are reacting with a clear stress response at the molecular level. This phenomenon, known as browning, refers to the gradual browning of waters, a phenomenon that has received little attention until now. The cause is fulvic acids and humic substances, which… Read more »
