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Table 4 Seasonal profile of mean (± SD) element concentrations (mg/kg) in different tissues of barbel and in P. laevis

From: Seasonal profile of metal accumulation in the acanthocephalan Pomphorhynchus laevis: a valuable tool to study infection dynamics and implications for metal monitoring

Element/ Season

Tissue

Spring

Summer

Autumn

(n = 8)

(n = 8)

(n = 8)

As

Muscle

0.28 ± 0.25

0.21 ± 0.15

0.19 ± 0.10

 

Intestine

0.52 ± 0.32

0.35 ± 0.20

0.45 ± 0.17

 

Liver

0.67 ± 0.42

0.54 ± 0.49

0.56 ± 0.21

 

P. laevis

1.08 ± 0.54

1.01 ± 0.60

1.92 ± 1.23

Cd

Muscle

0.02 ± 0.03

0.01 ± 0.01

0.02 ± 0.01

 

Intestine

0.24 ± 0.31

0.11 ± 0.07

0.14 ± 0.05

 

Liver

0.16 ± 0.22

0.08 ± 0.04

0.16 ± 0.10

 

P. laevis

2.40 ± 2.09

1.34 ± 0.55

2.63 ± 0.58

Co

Muscle

0.02 ± 0.01

0.02 ± 0.01

0.02 ± 0.01

 

Intestine

0.15 ± 0.08

0.17 ± 0.14

0.19 ± 0.16

 

Liver

0.04 ± 0.01

0.04 ± 0.01

0.05 ± 0.03

 

P. laevis

0.07 ± 0.02

0.10 ± 0.07

0.13 ± 0.08

Cu

Muscle

1.45 ± 1.36

1.57 ± 1.29

1.00 ± 0.39

 

Intestine

7.37 ± 4.87

4.79 ± 2.44

6.23 ± 2.85

 

Liver

16.92 ± 11.59

13.40 ± 8.11

11.76 ± 5.90

 

P. laevis

75.37 ± 35.43

53.13 ± 24.13

77.40 ± 35.84

Fe

Muscle

13.29 ± 3.54

10.21 ± 4.72

9.83 ± 4.10

 

Intestine

84.55 ± 42.22

70.92 ± 17.87

118.19 ± 89.73

 

Liver

71.88 ± 23.11

81.34 ± 39.42

67.94 ± 29.24

 

P. laevis

76.62 ± 69.21

41.27 ± 23.28

37.59 ± 10.37

Mn

Muscle

0.37 ± 0.15

0.35 ± 0.11

0.45 ± 0.42

 

Intestine

4.44 ± 1.48

7.35 ± 6.37

13.84 ± 14.64

 

Liver

1.26 ± 0.33

1.49 ± 0.77

1.45 ± 0.80

 

P. laevis

4.67 ± 0.85

7.64 ± 5.87

8.94 ± 6.87

Mo

Muscle

0.01 ± 0.004

nd

0.01 ± 0.01

 

Intestine

0.06 ± 0.04

0.06 ± 0.02

0.03 ± 0.02

 

Liver

0.21 ± 0.11

0.28 ± 0.16

0.13 ± 0.06

 

P. laevis

0.05 ± 0.02

0.10 ± 0.06

0.05 ± 0.06

Ni

Muscle

1.26 ± 1.31

0.66 ± 0.61

0.31 ± 0.16

 

Intestine

1.58 ± 0.74

2.28 ± 1.16

1.60 ± 0.84

 

Liver

0.33 ± 0.22

0.21 ± 0.15

0.28 ± 0.15

 

P. laevis

2.73 ± 1.30

0.55 ± 0.28

0.58 ± 0.26

Pb

Muscle

0.01 ± 0.01

0.004 ± 0.003

0.01 ± 0.01

 

Intestine

0.09 ± 0.03

0.12 ± 0.10

0.48 ± 0.53

 

Liver

0.03 ± 0.02

0.03 ± 0.02

0.06 ± 0.05

 

P. laevis

6.83 ± 4.87

5.19 ± 3.74

9.81 ± 4.63

V

Muscle

0.04 ± 0.01

0.04 ± 0.01

0.03 ± 0.012

 

Intestine

0.15 ± 0.05

0.29 ± 0.36

0.48 ± 0.398

 

Liver

0.12 ± 0.05

0.17 ± 0.16

0.14 ± 0.094

 

P. laevis

0.07 ± 0.01

0.10 ± 0.04

0.16 ± 0.069

Zn

Muscle

4.71 ± 1.49

4.76 ± 1.51

3.66 ± 0.69

 

Intestine

11.39 ± 3.86

10.40 ± 1.16

10.14 ± 1.87

 

Liver

18.82 ± 3.37

19.23 ± 5.84

18.00 ± 3.96

 

P. laevis

63.91 ± 36.39

34.83 ± 16.66

91.06 ± 43.47

  1. nd element not detected (concentration below the detection limit)