77:. It generally occurs in divers when they resurface without using proper decompression procedures. The supersaturation of nitrogen in the body tissues is causing an unbalanced gas saturation in blood vessels and organs. The main concern with this disease in particular is when it develops and transforms into
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Other natural causes of gas bubble disease the gas saturation caused by an increase of the concentration of nitrogen in natural water resources due to the increasing nitrogen concentration in underground rivers and lakes or the supersaturation of water caused by cascades or waterfalls. When the water
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Small gas bubbles in fish can be prevented and somewhat cured by relocating fish into deep water that contains higher pressures and therefore a higher amount of gases can be dissolved in the water. This will cause nitrogen excess to be dissolved into the body tissues and the gas bubbles will
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Aeration is an effective method to stabilise nitrogen and oxygen in water, since it is able to absorb equal quantities of oxygen and nitrogen and forces them into the water to maintain a balance for "rearing fish" (Rucker, 1972).
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The gas bubble disease is a result of an over-saturation of nitrogen or other gases in the body tissues caused by a supersaturation of gases in the water. This supersaturation is mainly caused by the changes of
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An increase in salinity of water may cause gas supersaturation. Therefore, a difference in the salinity levels of lakes or rivers is one of the causes of the gas bubble disease.
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Gültepe, N; Ateş, O; Hisar, O (Sep 2011). "Carbonic anhydrase activities from the rainbow trout lens correspond to the development of acute gas bubble disease".
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