Comparative study on the accumulation of heavy metals in different organs of tench (Tinca tinca L. 1758) and plerocercoids of its endoparasite Ligula intestinalis
| Autor: | Ismail Kir, Selda Tekin-Ozan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Pollution
Turkey media_common.quotation_subject Cyprinidae Mineralogy Fresh Water law.invention Fish Diseases law Metals Heavy Plerocercoid Parasite hosting Animals Ligula intestinalis media_common General Veterinary biology Spectrophotometry Atomic Sediment Heavy metals General Medicine biology.organism_classification Cestode Infections Infectious Diseases Insect Science Environmental chemistry Larva Fish Body Burden Cestoda Parasitology Atomic absorption spectroscopy |
| Zdroj: | Parasitology research. 97(2) |
| ISSN: | 0932-0113 |
| Popis: | Concentrations of heavy metals (Cu, Fe, Zn, Mn, Cr, Pb and Cd) in some organs of tench and tissues of its parasite found in Kovada Lake (Turkey) were analyzed using atomic absorption spectrophotometry and subsequently compared with the data from sediments and water. Only Cu, Fe, Zn and Mn were detected in water, sediment, plerocercoids of Ligula intestinalis and fish samples, while levels of Cr, Pb and Cd were below the detection limits. Four elements were found at higher concentrations in the plerocercoid than in different fish tissues (muscle, liver and gill), being 1.6-37.4 times higher than that measured in muscle, liver and gill. Significant positive (for Cu) and negative (for Fe, Zn and Mn) correlations were found between the quantity of heavy metals in water and tissues of L. intestinalis plerocercoids while there were significant positive (for Cu and Zn) and negative (for Fe and Mn) correlations between the quantity of heavy metals in bottom sediment and tissues of L. intestinalis plerocercoids. Cestodes were found suitable to reflect the amount heavy metals in sediments, providing more reliable information about the actual pollution of the reservoirs. |
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