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Proteocephalus macrophallus (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae) Infecting Cichla kelberi (Cichliformes: Cichlidae) as a Bioindicator for Trace Metal Accumulation in a Neotropical River from Southeastern Brazil

dc.contributor.authorLeite, Lucas Aparecido Rosa [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authordos Reis Pedreira Filho, Walter
dc.contributor.authorde Azevedo, Rodney Kozlowiski
dc.contributor.authorAbdallah, Vanessa Doro
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.contributor.institutionCentro Técnico Nacional (CTN)
dc.contributor.institutionPrograma de Pós-Graduação Em Análise de Sistemas Ambientais
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de Alagoas (UFAL)
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-28T19:47:34Z
dc.date.available2022-04-28T19:47:34Z
dc.date.issued2021-12-01
dc.description.abstractHere, we evaluate the potential for trace metal accumulation of nine elements (Al, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, As, Cd, and Pb) in the cestodes Proteocephalus macrophallus parasitizing the tucunaré, Cichla kelberi, in the Jacaré-Guaçú River, southeastern Brazil. For metal quantification in the tissues of hosts and parasites, an inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometer (ICP-MS) was used. All recovered trace metals were in higher amounts in cestodes than in the tissues (muscle, intestine, and liver) of their hosts. The best accumulated element was lead, with concentrations up to 10,000 times higher in parasites than in the liver of the fish hosts. Other well-accumulated elements were cadmium, with concentrations up to 238 times higher in parasites, and aluminum and nickel, with concentrations ranging from 140 to 128 times higher in parasites. In addition, non-infected fish had higher concentrations of cadmium and lead in their tissues than infected fish. In infected fish, the size of the cestodes’ infrapopulations influenced in the concentrations of arsenic, cadmium, and lead in the hosts tissues. In general, specimens of P. macrophallus had a good capacity for metal accumulation for all the analyzed elements, with emphasis on Al, Ni, Cd, and Pb, and therefore could be a useful tool in trace metal bioaccumulation indication.en
dc.description.affiliationInstituto de Biociências Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Campus de Botucatu
dc.description.affiliationFundação Jorge Duprat de Medicina E Segurança Do Trabalho (FUNDACENTRO) Ministério da Economia (ME) Centro Técnico Nacional (CTN)
dc.description.affiliationCentro Universitário CESMAC Programa de Pós-Graduação Em Análise de Sistemas Ambientais
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Federal de Alagoas (UFAL), Setor de Parasitologia e Patologia
dc.description.affiliationUnespInstituto de Biociências Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Campus de Botucatu
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11270-021-05446-z
dc.identifier.citationWater, Air, and Soil Pollution, v. 232, n. 12, 2021.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11270-021-05446-z
dc.identifier.issn1573-2932
dc.identifier.issn0049-6979
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85119829288
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/222912
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofWater, Air, and Soil Pollution
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectAccumulation indicators
dc.subjectEnvironmental parasitology
dc.subjectFish parasitology
dc.subjectHeavy metal pollution
dc.subjectTrace metal accumulation
dc.titleProteocephalus macrophallus (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae) Infecting Cichla kelberi (Cichliformes: Cichlidae) as a Bioindicator for Trace Metal Accumulation in a Neotropical River from Southeastern Brazilen
dc.typeArtigopt
dspace.entity.typePublication
unesp.author.orcid0000-0002-4139-7839[1]
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Instituto de Biociências, Botucatupt

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