Whether the data shown in the graph support the hypothesis that aluminum interferes with osmoregulation in freshwater fish or not. Introduction: The control of solute concentration and water, for maintaining the osmotic pressure in the body fluids in an organism is called osmoregulation. When there is an increase in the concentration of any of the solute or decrease in the water amount in the cell, the osmoregulation is disturbed. Scientists exposed freshwater bony fish ( Prochilodus lineatus ) exposed to water with high aluminum level and another set of fish that was exposed to water with normal aluminum levels (control). The results of the data are shown in graph below:

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Whether the data shown in the graph support the hypothesis that aluminum interferes with osmoregulation in freshwater fish or not.

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The control of solute concentration and water, for maintaining the osmotic pressure in the body fluids in an organism is called osmoregulation. When there is an increase in the concentration of any of the solute or decrease in the water amount in the cell, the osmoregulation is disturbed. Scientists exposed freshwater bony fish (Prochilodus lineatus) exposed to water with high aluminum level and another set of fish that was exposed to water with normal aluminum levels (control). The results of the data are shown in graph below:

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