Trace element concentrations in Proteocephalus macrocephalus (Cestoda) and Anguillicola crassus (Nematoda) in comparison to their fish host, Anguilla anguilla in Ria de Aveiro, Portugal

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 991-998

  Eira, C ^a,c   Torres, J ^b   Miquel, J ^b   Vaqueiro, J ^c,d   Soares, A M V M ^a   Vingada, J ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Sociedade Portuguesa de Vida Selvagem   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aveiro lagoon; Estuarine pollution; European eel; Heavy metals; Helminth parasite host interaction

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMARKERS; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CHROMIUM; COPPER; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; LIVER; MARINE POLLUTION; MEATS; METALS; MUSCLE; NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS; ZINC;

AVEIRO LAGOON; BIO INDICATORS; BIOACCUMULATION FACTORS; BIOCONCENTRATION; BIOINDICATOR SYSTEMS; CONTAMINATED AREAS; CONTAMINATION RISKS; CR CONCENTRATIONS; ELEMENT ANALYSES; ESTUARINE AREAS; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; EUROPEAN EEL; HEAVY METAL POLLUTIONS; HELMINTH PARASITE/HOST INTERACTION; HOST TISSUES; NEMATODA; PORTUGAL; RIA DE AVEIRO; TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; NICKEL; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; COASTAL LAGOON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EEL; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; FOOD ORGANISM; HEAVY METAL; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; NEMATODE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CESTODE; CESTODIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EEL; KIDNEY; LIVER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUSCLE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANGUILLA; ANIMALS; CESTODA; FISH DISEASES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; NEMATODA; PORTUGAL; RIVERS; SEAFOOD; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AVEIRO [PORTUGAL]; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; RIA DE AVEIRO; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLICOLA CRASSUS; CESTODA; NEMATODA; PROTEOCEPHALUS MACROCEPHALUS; VERMES;

EID: 56949101470     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.10.040     Document Type: Article

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