Effect of Acanthocephalus lucii infection on total mercury concentrations in muscle and gonads of fish host (Perca fluviatilis)
Language English Country United States Media print-electronic
Document type Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- MeSH
- Acanthocephala metabolism MeSH
- Water Pollutants, Chemical metabolism toxicity MeSH
- Stress, Physiological MeSH
- Gonads drug effects metabolism MeSH
- Environmental Monitoring methods MeSH
- Fish Diseases metabolism parasitology MeSH
- Perches parasitology physiology MeSH
- Mercury metabolism toxicity MeSH
- Muscles drug effects metabolism MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Male MeSH
- Female MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
- Names of Substances
- Water Pollutants, Chemical MeSH
- Mercury MeSH
The samples from 13 perches (Perca fluviatilis) - muscle with skin and bones; fish gonads; and acanthocephalan parasites were analysed for mercury (Hg). Hg concentrations were present in all analysed samples. There were found no statistically significant difference in Hg concentration in fish tissues between perches either with or without infection by the acanthocephalan parasite, Acanthocephalus lucii). In this study there was no evidence that acanthocephalan worms accumulate mercury from hosts. For this reason, A. lucii is not a suitable bioindicator for mercury pollution.
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