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Heavy metal accumulation in Lacistorhynchus dollfusi (Trypanorhyncha: Lacistorhynchidae) infecting Citharichthys sordidus (Pleuronectiformes: Bothidae) from Santa Monica Bay, Southern California

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 March 2016

C. COURTNEY-HOGUE
C. COURTNEY-HOGUE*
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, California State University Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge, CA 91330-8303, USA
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*Corresponding author. Department of Biology, California State University Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge, CA 91330-8303, USA. E-mail: cheryl.hogue@csun.edu
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Summary

The accumulation of heavy metals in macroparasites of fish has been widely studied in freshwater environments. Less is known about metal uptake in cestodes parasitizing marine fish. Lacistorhynchus dollfusi is a common larval cestode parasite of Pacific sanddab (Citharichthys sordidus), a flatfish species inhabiting Santa Monica Bay. The ability of this cestode to concentrate metals in its tissues was compared with metal levels in its sanddab host. Fish and cestode tissue were analysed for 14 elements using Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry. The elements analysed were silver (Ag), arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), mercury (Hg), potassium (K), lead (Pb), rubidium (Rb), selenium (Se), strontium (Sr), titanium (Ti) and zinc (Zn). Three of the 14 metals (Cu, Hg and Zn) were significantly greater in concentration in L. dollfusi compared with their levels in the liver, intestine and muscle of their fish host. They ranked in concentration from highest to lowest as follows: Zn > Cu > Hg. The ability of the cestode L. dollfusi to uptake metals at higher concentrations than its host warrants its consideration as a candidate for a heavy metal accumulation indicator of pollution exposure in Pacific sanddab.

Keywords

Lacistorynchus dollfusiCitharichthys sordidusheavy metalspollutionaccumulation bioindicator
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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 143 , Issue 6 , May 2016 , pp. 794 - 799
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