Table 2 Selected studies describing the effects of parasites on element levels in infected hosts compared to uninfected conspecifics
From: Parasite responses to pollution: what we know and where we go in ‘Environmental Parasitology’
Habitat | Parasite taxa | Host | Element levels in infected vs uninfected hosts | Element | Study type | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acanthocephala | ||||||
limnetic | Pomphorhynchus laevis | Squalius cephalus | decrease | Pb | experimental | [11] |
Squalius cephalus | decrease | Pb | experimental | [45] | ||
Squalius cephalus | decrease | Cd, Cu, Pb | field | [157] | ||
limnetic | Acanthocephalus anguillae | Squalius cephalus | decrease | Cd, Cu, Pb | field | [157] |
limnetic | Polymorphus minutus | Gammarus roeseli | decrease | Cd | experimental | [87] |
limnetic | Acanthocephalus lucii | Perca fluviatilis | decrease | Cr, Mn | field | [162] |
limnetic | Acanthogyrus sp. | Oreochromis niloticus | decrease | Pb | field | [164] |
Cestoda | ||||||
limnetic | Bothriocephalus acheilognathi | Cyclops strenuus | decrease | Cd | experimental | [115] |
limnetic | Bathybothrium rectangulum | Barbus barbus | decrease | Cr, Ni, Pb | field | [167] |
limnetic | Ligula intestinalis | Alburnus alburnus | decrease | Cu, Zn | field | [43] |
Rastrineobola argentea | decrease | Cu | field | [46] | ||
Rastrineobola argentea | increase | Cd, Cr, Zn | field | [46] | ||
limnetic | Proteocephalus macrocephalus | Anguilla anguilla | decrease | Cr, Ni | field | [184] |
limnetic | Proteocephalus percae | Perca fluviatilis | decrease | As, Cd | field | [44] |
limnetic | Proteocephalus percae | Perca fluviatilis | decrease | Pb | field | [162] |
limnetic | Proteocephalus percae | Perca fluviatilis | decrease | Cr, Mn | field | [162] |
marine | Clestobothrium crassiceps | Merluccius merluccius | decrease | As, Cd, Hg, Pb | field | [170] |
terrestrial | Mesocestoides spp. | Vulpes vulpes | decrease | Pb | field | [178] |
terrestrial | Mesocestoides spp. | Vulpes vulpes | increase | Cu, Mn | field | [178] |
terrestrial | Moniezia expansa | Ovis aries | decrease | Pb | experimental | [179] |
terrestrial | Hymenolepis diminuta | Rattus norvegicus | decrease | Cd, Zn | experimental | [202] |
terrestrial | Unidentified cestodes | Sterna paradisaea | decrease | Bi | field | [203] |
Nematoda | ||||||
terrestrial | Toxascaris leonina | Vulpes vulpes | decrease | Pb | field | [178] |
limnetic | Raphidascaris acus | Oncorhynchus mykiss | decrease | Se | experimental | [204] |
estuarine | Eustrongylides sp. | Fundulus heteroclitus | decrease | Hg | field | [205] |
Digenea | ||||||
limnetic | Different digeneans | Littorina littorea | decrease | Cu, Fe, Ni, Pb | field | [206] |
Isopoda | ||||||
estuarine | Probopyrus pandalicola | Palaemonetes pugio | decrease | Hg | field | [205] |