| impaired adrenocortical response to stress by brown trout, salmo trutta, living in metal-contaminated waters of the eagle river, colorado. | brown trout, salmo trutta, were collected from two sites contaminated with cadmium (cd) and zinc (zn) and one uncontaminated site. these fish were subjected to a continuous confinement stressor in wire cages placed in the river (moderate stress) or in 5-gal. plastic buckets on land (severe stress). plasma cortisol and corticotropin (acth) were determined for fish in buckets by radioimmunoassay after 0, 1, 3, 12, or 24 h of confinement. plasma cortisol and acth levels of brown trout from both con ... | 1999 | 9882538 |