title: Effect of Acanthocephalus lucii infection on total mercury concentrations in muscle and gonads of fish host (Perca fluviatilis).
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology and Fisheries, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences, 16521, Prague 6, Suchdol, Czech Republic. jankovska@af.czu.cz
authors.forename: Ivana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jankovská
authors.forename: Dana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kolihová
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Miholová
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lukešová
authors.forename: Stěpán
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Romočuský
authors.forename: Petr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Válek
authors.forename: Jaroslav
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vadlejch
authors.forename: Lukáš
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kalous
authors.forename: Iva
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Langrová
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Petrtýl
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Cadková
mesh_terms: D000049:Acanthocephala / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000469:parasitology*; D006066:Gonads / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008628:Mercury / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000633:toxicity; D009132:Muscles / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D010471:Perches / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000502:physiology; D013312:Stress, Physiological; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000633:toxicity
chemical_list: D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D008628:Mercury