title: Intestinal parasite Acanthocephalus lucii (Acanthocephala) from European perch (Perca fluviatilis) as a bioindicator for lead pollution in the stream "Jevanský potok" near Prague, Czech Republic.
abstract: Lead concentrations in the tissues of perch and its parasites were determined as mg/kg dw. Lead was found at higher concentrations in the acanthocephalans (11.56) than in different tissues (liver, gonads and muscle with skin and bone) of perch. With respect to fish tissues, the highest concentrations of lead were present in the liver (1.24), followed by the gonads (0.57) whereas the lowest concentrations were in the muscle with skin and bone (0.21). The bioconcentration factors for lead indicated that parasites accumulate metals to a higher degree than fish tissues--lead concentrations in acanthocephalans were 9.32, 19.27 and 55.05 higher than in liver, gonads and muscles of host, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, 16521 Praha 6 Suchdol, Czech Republic. jankovska@af.czu.cz
authors.forename: Ivana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jankovská
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Miholová
authors.forename: Miloslav
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Petrtýl
authors.forename: Stěpán
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Romočuský
authors.forename: Lukáš
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kalous
authors.forename: Jaroslav
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vadlejch
authors.forename: Zuzana
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Cadková
authors.forename: Iva
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Langrová
mesh_terms: D000049:Acanthocephala / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000378:metabolism; D018153:Czech Republic; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D006066:Gonads / Q000378:metabolism; D007854:Lead / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D009132:Muscles / Q000378:metabolism; D010471:Perches / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000469:parasitology; D045483:Rivers / Q000737:chemistry*; D012867:Skin / Q000378:metabolism; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D007854:Lead