Edema in Spawning Salmon

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Salmon develop edema during their spawning migration from the sea to fresh water. As measured by the wick technique, fluid pressure in both subcutaneous and peritoneal compartments rises from negative values at sea to positive values in rivers. Concomitantly, blood colloid osmotic pressure falls during the spawning migration. Some of the degenerative changes leading to the death of postspawning salmon probably result from the total-body edema herein described.

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