Mercury accumulation in Mediterranean Fish and Cephalopods Species of Sicilian coasts: correlation between pollution and the presence of Anisakis parasites.
The aim of this study was to investigate mercury accumulation in some species, caught in Mediterranean Sea, in the period between May and December 2015, and to compare it to the presence of Anisakis parasites. The samples were examined by direct mercury analyzer (DMA-80) for their Hg levels. The metal concentration was compared to the presence or the absence of Anisakis parasites. Significant differences in Hg concentration in analysed samples were observed. The low-infested fishes contained 1-6 larvae of parasites whereas the high-infested one had 7-83 larvae.
a Dipartimento di Chimica degli Alimenti , Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia " A. Mirri" via Gino Marinuzzi , Palermo , Italy.
Stefania
S
Graci
a Dipartimento di Chimica degli Alimenti , Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia " A. Mirri" via Gino Marinuzzi , Palermo , Italy.
Rosaria
R
Collura
a Dipartimento di Chimica degli Alimenti , Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia " A. Mirri" via Gino Marinuzzi , Palermo , Italy.
Gaetano
G
Cammilleri
a Dipartimento di Chimica degli Alimenti , Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia " A. Mirri" via Gino Marinuzzi , Palermo , Italy.
Maria Drussilla
MD
Buscemi
a Dipartimento di Chimica degli Alimenti , Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia " A. Mirri" via Gino Marinuzzi , Palermo , Italy.
Giuseppe
G
Giangrosso
a Dipartimento di Chimica degli Alimenti , Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia " A. Mirri" via Gino Marinuzzi , Palermo , Italy.
Deborah
D
Principato
b Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging , University of Messina , Messina , Italy.
Teresa
T
Gervasi
b Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging , University of Messina , Messina , Italy.|c Science4Life, Spin Off Company , University of Messina , Messina , Italy.
Nicola
N
Cicero
a Dipartimento di Chimica degli Alimenti , Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia " A. Mirri" via Gino Marinuzzi , Palermo , Italy.
Vincenzo
V
Ferrantelli
D000818:Animals; D017163:Anisakis; D049830:Cephalopoda / Q000378:metabolism*; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000469:parasitology; D005399:Fishes / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000469:parasitology*; D007814:Larva; D008522:Mediterranean Sea; D008628:Mercury / Q000378:metabolism*; D010271:Parasites; D012802:Sicily; D014877:Water Pollution, Chemical
D008628:Mercury
Anisakidae; Hg; fish product; heavy metals; pollution