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Intestinal Parasite Acanthocephalus lucii (Acanthocephala) from European Perch (Perca fluviatilis) as a Bioindicator for Lead Pollution in the Stream “Jevanský potok” Near Prague, Czech Republic

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Lead concentrations in the tissues of perch and its parasites were determined as mg/kg dw. Lead was found at higher concentrations in the acanthocephalans (11.56) than in different tissues (liver, gonads and muscle with skin and bone) of perch. With respect to fish tissues, the highest concentrations of lead were present in the liver (1.24), followed by the gonads (0.57) whereas the lowest concentrations were in the muscle with skin and bone (0.21). The bioconcentration factors for lead indicated that parasites accumulate metals to a higher degree than fish tissues—lead concentrations in acanthocephalans were 9.32, 19.27 and 55.05 higher than in liver, gonads and muscles of host, respectively.

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This study was supported by project MSM 6046070901 of the Ministry of Education, Youths and Sports, Czech Republic. The authors declare that the experiments comply with the current laws of the Czech Republic, in which they were performed.

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  1. Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources (FAFNR), Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, 16521, Praha 6 Suchdol, Czech Republic

    Ivana Jankovská, Daniela Miholová, Miloslav Petrtýl, Štěpán Romočuský, Lukáš Kalous, Jaroslav Vadlejch, Zuzana Čadková & Iva Langrová

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Jankovská, I., Miholová, D., Petrtýl, M. et al. Intestinal Parasite Acanthocephalus lucii (Acanthocephala) from European Perch (Perca fluviatilis) as a Bioindicator for Lead Pollution in the Stream “Jevanský potok” Near Prague, Czech Republic. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 86, 342–346 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-011-0210-6

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