Heavy metal concentrations in adult acanthocephalans and cestodes compared to their fish hosts and to established free-living bioindicators

Parassitologia

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 213-218

  Sures, B ^a   Taraschewski, H ^a   Siddall, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acanthocephalans; Biomonitoring; Cestodes; Fish; Heavy metals

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; LEAD;

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; BIVALVE; CESTODE; CESTODIASIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; FISH DISEASE; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; REVIEW; WATER POLLUTION;

ACANTHOCEPHALA; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIVALVIA; CADMIUM; CESTODA; CESTODE INFECTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; LEAD; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0031218142     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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