Acta Vet. Brno 2012, 81: 313-317

https://doi.org/10.2754/avb201281030313

Heavy metals in two host-parasite systems: tapeworm vs. fish

Vlastimil Baruš1, Andrea Šimková2, Miroslav Prokeš1, Milan Peňáz1, Lukáš Vetešník1

1Institute of Vertebrate Biology AS CR, v.v.i., Brno, Czech Republic
2Masaryk University Brno, Faculty of Science, Department of Botany and Zoology, Brno, Czech Republic

References

1. Baruš V, Prokeš M 1995: Length-weight relationship of Ligula intestinalis plerocercoids in adult Blicca bjoerkna and discussion on estimation of parasite age. Appl Parasitol 36: 192-199
2. Baruš V, Prokeš M 2002: Length and weight of Ligula intestinalis plerocercoids (Cestoda) parasitizing cyprinid fishes (Cyprinidae): a comparative analysis. Helminthologia 39: 29-34
3. Baruš V, Tenora F, Kráčmar S, Dvořáček J 1999: Contents of several inorganic substances in European eel infected and uninfected by Anguillicola crassus (Nematoda). Dis Aquat Org 37: 135-137 <https://doi.org/10.3354/dao037135>
4. Baruš V, Tenora F, Kráčmar S, Prokeš M 2001: Accumulation of heavy metals in plerocercoids of Ligula intestinalis (Pseudophyllidea) of different age. Helminthologia 38: 29-33
5. Gabrashanska M, Nedeva I 1996: Content of heavy metals in the system fish-cestodes. Parassitologia 38, p. 58
6. Pascoe D, Cram P 1977: The effect of parasitism on the toxicity of cadmium to the three-spines stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus L. J Fish Biol 10: 467-472 <https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1977.tb04079.x>
7. Peňáz M, Baruš V, Prokeš M 2002: Concentrations of heavy metals and changes in concentrations of the mercury in tissues of the barbel (Barbus barbus) from the River Jihlava (in Czech with English summary). Proc. of the Czech Conference of Ichthyology, Brno 2002, pp. 253-258
8. Peňáz M, Svobodová Z, Hejtmánek M, Trnková J 1979: Mercury contents in muscles of fishes from the Jihlava River. Folia Zool 28: 171-176
9. Peňáz M, Svobodová Z, Hejtmánek M, Trnková J, Wohlgemuth E 1980: Mercury contents in the basic components of Jihlava river ecosystem (in Czech). Bulletin VÚRH Vodňany 1: 24-30
10. Riggs M R, Lemly A D, Esch G W 1987: The growth, biomass and fecundity of Bothriocephalus acheilognathi in a North Carolina reservoir. J Parasitol 73: 893-900 <https://doi.org/10.2307/3282507>
11. Spurný P, Mareš J, Hedvábný J, Sukop I 2009: Residual metal contamination of the ecosystem in the lower courses of the Jihlava River. Acta Vet Brno 78: 525-534 <https://doi.org/10.2754/avb200978030525>
12. Sures B, Siddal R, Taraschewski H 1999: Parasites as accumulation indicators of heavy metal pollution. Parasitol Today 15: 16-21 <https://doi.org/10.1016/S0169-4758(98)01358-1>
13. Sures B, Taraschewski H 1995: Helminths of fish: reliable indicators of heavy metal pollution in aquatic ecosystems? Bull Scand Soc Parasit 5: 73
14. Sures B, Taraschewski H, Rokicki J 1997a: Lead and cadmium content of two cestodes, Monobothrium wageneri and Bothriocephalus scorpii, and their fish host. Parasitol Res 83: 618-623 <https://doi.org/10.1007/s004360050307>
15. Sures B, Taraschewski H, Siddal R 1997b: Heavy metal concentrations in adult acanthocephalans and cestodes compared to their fish host and to established free living bioindicators. Parassitologia 39: 213-218
16. Svobodová Z, Hejtmánek, M 1985: Total mercury content in the components of running water, reservoir and pond ecosystems in Czechoslovakia. Symp. Biologica Hungarica 29: 171-177
17. Svobodová Z, Dušek L, Hejtmánek M, Vykusová B, Šmíd R 1999: Bioaccumulation of mercury in various fish species from Orlík and Kamýk water reservoirs in the Czech Republic. Ecotox Environ Safe 43: 231-240 <https://doi.org/10.1006/eesa.1999.1783>
18. Svobodová Z, Máchová J, Vykusová B, Piačka V 1996: The heavy metals in water ecosystems (in Czech). Edice metodik, č. 49. VÚRH Vodňany, pp. 1-19
19. Taraschewski H, Sures B 1996: Heavy metal concentrations in parasites compared to their fish hosts: bioconcentration by acanthocephalans and cestodes. Parassitologia 38: 65
20. Tenora F, Kráčmar S, Baruš V, Dvořáček J 1997: Some anorganic substances in plerocercoids of Ligula intestinalis (Pseudophyllidea). Acta Univ Agric Silvic Mendelianae Brunensis 95: 23-30
21. Tenora F, Kráčmar S, Baruš V, Dvořáček J 2000: Concentrations of some heavy metals in Ligula intestinalis plerocercoids (Cestoda) and Philometra ovata (Nematoda) compared to some their host (Osteichthyes). Helminthologia 37: 15-18
22. Turčeková L, Hanzelová V 1996: Concentration of heavy metals in cestode Proteocephalus percae, parasite of perch. Helminthologia 33: 162-163
23. Turčeková L, Hanzelová V 1999: Concentrations of Cd, As and Pb in non-infected and infected Perca fluviatilis with Proteocephalus percae. Helminthologia 36 (Suppl.): p. 31
24. Valová Z, Jurajda P, Janáč M, Bernardová I, Hudcová D 2010: Spatiotemporal trends of heavy metal concentrations in fish of the River Morava (Danube basin). J Environ Sci Heal A 45: 1892-1899
front cover
  • ISSN 0001-7213 (printed)
  • ISSN 1801-7576 (electronic)

Current issue

Archive