Element concentrations in the swimbladder parasite Anguillicola crassus (nematoda) and its host the European eel, Anguilla anguilla from Asi River (Hatay-Turkey)

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 141, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 59-65

  Genc, Ercument ^a   Sangun, M Kemal ^a   Dural, Meltem ^a   Can, M Fatih ^a   Altunhan, Cem ^a  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anguillicola crassus; Bioindicator; European eel; Heavy metal; Nematode

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; FISH; HEAVY METALS; RIVER POLLUTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; TISSUE;

ANGUILLICOLA CRASSUS; EUROPEAN EEL; NEMATODE;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAVY METAL; NEMATODE;

ANGUILLICOLA CRASSUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BIOACCUMULATION; BLADDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EEL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIVER; MUSCLE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; RIVER; SKIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ANGUILLA; ANIMALS; METALS, HEAVY; NEMATODA; TURKEY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EURASIA; HATAY; TURKEY;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLICOLA CRASSUS; NEMATODA;

EID: 43249095719     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9878-9     Document Type: Article

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