title: Toxicity of anti-fouling biocides to encysted metacercariae of Echinoparyphium recurvatum (Digenea: Echinostomatidae) and their snail hosts.
abstract: The toxicity of the anti-fouling biocides tributyltin (TBTO), copper, and Irgarol 1051 (irgarol) at a nominal concentration of 10 microg/l over a 30 day period were investigated against the viability of metacercarial cysts of the digenean parasite Echinoparyphium recurvatum resident within the body of two common freshwater snails, Lymnaea peregra and Physa fontinalis. Reduced parasite viability was found under most exposures in both snail species. However a greater effect of toxicant exposure was found in cysts within P. fontinalis compared to those in L. peregra. This was associated with an increased mortality of the host snail. Among all tested biocides, TBTO exposures induced the highest mortality to both the parasite and their hosts. These results suggest that parasite viability is interlinked with survival of the host snail. The mechanisms of differing toxicity between host species and its relevance to successful parasite transmission to the next host are discussed.
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK. n.morley@rhul.ac.uk
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Morley
authors.forename: K M Y
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Morritt
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Crane
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003300:Copper / Q000633:toxicity*; D004450:Echinostomatidae / Q000187:drug effects*; D004739:England; D012908:Snails / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000469:parasitology; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D014220:Trialkyltin Compounds / Q000633:toxicity*; D014227:Triazines / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D014220:Trialkyltin Compounds; D014227:Triazines; C103341:irgarol 1051; C011559:tributyltin; D003300:Copper