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Table 3 Bioconcentration factors C [parasite] / C [barbel tissue] for Pomphorhynchus laevis and Eustrongylides sp. calculated with respect to different host tissues and ratios C [ Eustrongylides sp.] / C [ P. laevis ]

From: Comparison of the metal accumulation capacity between the acanthocephalan Pomphorhynchus laevis and larval nematodes of the genus Eustrongylides sp. infecting barbel (Barbus barbus)

 

P. laevis C[P.laevis]/ C[Organ] ± SD

Eustrongylides sp. C[Eustrongylides sp.]/ C[Organ] ± SD

C[Eustrongylides sp.]/ C[P. laevis] ± SD

 

Muscle

Intestine

Liver

Muscle

Intestine

Liver

 

As

7.6 (± 7.4)

3.3 (± 3.6)

4.5 (± 4.9)

3.0 (± 2.1)

1.0 (± 0.6)

2.0 (± 2.2)

0.6 (± 0.6)

Cd

90.3 (± 121.6)

15. 6 (± 13.3)

14.1 (± 10.7)

1.3 (± 0.8)

0.3 (± 0.2)

0.3 (± 0.2)

0.04 (± 0.04)

Co

5.3 (± 3.8)

1.2 (± 0.7)

1.6 (± 0.8)

24.1 (± 12.1)

6.6 (± 5.2)

8.3 (± 2.9)

5.8 (± 3.8)

Cu

26.0 (± 26.5)

11.0 (± 10.2)

4.5 (± 6.5)

122.9 (± 71.0)

48.3 (± 22.6)

20.7 (± 17.8)

6.9 (± 5.2)

Fe

3.3 (± 2.8)

0.8 (± 0.4)

0.7 (± 0.6)

14.3 (± 7.7)

3.8 (± 2.1)

2.9 (± 1.7)

4.8 (± 2.0)

Mn

20.6 (± 18.5)

3.9 (± 4.5)

7.1 (± 4.1)

2.2 (± 1.3)

0.4 (± 0.3)

1.0 (± 0.7)

0.2 (± 0.1)

Pb

337 (± 401)

36.8 (± 27.6)

142 (± 133)

9.4 (± 12.5)

1.4 (± 1.8)

4.5 (± 4.6)

0.04 (± 0.03)

Se

2.5 (± 1.5)

1.2 (± 0.5)

0.8 (± 0.4)

7.1 (± 4.9)

3.4 (± 1.9)

2.1 (± 1.0)

2.9 (± 1.2)

Sn

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

54.5 (± 93.4)

22.1 (± 23.3)

9.1 (± 8.5)

n.d.

V

2.0 (± 1.7)

0.6 (± 0.3)

0.3 (± 0.2)

3.6 (± 3.1)

1.0 (± 0.6)

0.5 (± 0.3)

1.8 (± 1.1)

Zn

10.3 (± 4.7)

4.0 (± 1.8)

3.6 (± 2.6)

11.6 (± 6.1)

4.5 (± 1.7)

3.6 (± 2.7)

1.2 (± 0.6)

  1. n.d. : not determined as the concentration in the parasite was below or around the detection limit.