Failure of gas bladder inflation in striped bass: effect on selenium toxicity

Young striped bass (Morone saxatilis) with uninflated gas bladders were less sensitive to selenate and more sensitive to selenite exposure than normally developing striped bass in 96-hour acute toxicity tests. Gas bladder inflation failure is a common problem in the culture of striped bass and some other species, and care should be taken to avoid the use of fish with uninflated gas bladders in research.