The intestinal parasite Pomphorhynchus laevis (Acanthocephala) interferes with the uptake and accumulation of lead (210Pb) in its fish host chub (Leuciscus cephalus)

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 33, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 1617-1622

  Sures, Bernd ^a   Dezfuli, Bahram S ^b   Krug, Harald F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acanthocephalans; Accumulation; Bioindicator; Chub; Lead; Metal pollution; Parasites; Pomphorhynchus laevis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LEAD 210;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; FISH; PARASITE;

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; BILE FLOW; ECOTOXICITY; EXPERIMENTATION; FISH; GILL; INTESTINE PARASITE; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ACANTHOCEPHALA (WORMS); LEUCISCUS; LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS; POMPHORHYNCHUS; POMPHORHYNCHUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0242467818     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(03)00251-0     Document Type: Article

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