Assessment of Heavy Metal Pollution and Fish Parasites as Biological Indicators at Arabian Gulf off Dammam Coast, Saudi Arabia

Bayoumy, Elsayed M.; dobal, Sanaa K.A. Abou-El; Hassanain, Mohey A.

doi:10.3923/ijzr.2015.198.206

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“…The majority of fish serve as an intermediate host for many parasites, which reduces the food value of fish and causes mass mortality [90]. Bayoumy et al [91] concluded that several species of parasite, including metazoan parasite, crustaceans, digenean, and Monogenea were detected in different tissues of Nile tilapia fish. Monogenea showed highly antagonistic action with chromium, iron, and nickel.…”

Section: Relationship Between Heavy Metals Pollution and Parasite Infestation In Fishmentioning

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“…Meanwhile, the crustacean parasites showed the highest significant positive correlation with zinc and selenium. In another investigation, Bayoumy et al [91] isolated external and internal metazoan parasites from three fish species in the Arabian Gulf of Dammam coast in different environmental weather. The rate of parasitism was higher in spring and summer in comparison to the winter season.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Biomonitoring of Heavy Metal Pollution Using Acanthocephalans Parasite in Ecosystem: An Updated Overview

Mehana

Khafaga

Elblehi

et al. 2020

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As a result of the global industrial revolution, contamination of the ecosystem by heavy metals has given rise to one of the most important ecological and organismic problems, particularly human, early developmental stages of fish and animal life. The bioaccumulation of heavy metals in fish tissues can be influenced by several factors, including metal concentration, exposure time, method of metal ingestion and environmental conditions, such as water temperature. Upon recognizing the danger of contamination from heavy metals and the effects on the ecosystem that support life on earth, new ways of monitoring and controlling this pollution, besides the practical ones, had to be found. Diverse living organisms, such as insects, fish, planktons, livestock and bacteria can be used as bioindicators for monitoring the health of the natural ecosystem of the environment. Parasites have attracted intense interest from parasitic ecologists, because of the variety of different ways in which they respond to human activity contamination as prospective indices of environmental quality. Previous studies showed that fish intestinal helminths might consider potential bioindicators for heavy metal contamination in aquatic creatures. In particular, cestodes and acanthocephalans have an increased capacity to accumulate heavy metals, where, for example, metal concentrations in acanthocephalans were several thousand times higher than in host tissues. On the other hand, parasitic infestation in fish could induce significant damage to the physiologic and biochemical processes inside the fish body. It may encourage serious impairment to the physiologic and general health status of fish. Thus, this review aimed to highlight the role of heavy metal accumulation, fish histopathological signs and parasitic infestation in monitoring the ecosystem pollutions and their relationship with each other.

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Section: Relationship Between Heavy Metals Pollution and Parasite Infestation In Fishmentioning

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Section: Relationship Between Heavy Metals Pollution and Parasite Infestation In Fishmentioning

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Biomonitoring of Heavy Metal Pollution Using Acanthocephalans Parasite in Ecosystem: An Updated Overview

Mehana

Khafaga

Elblehi

et al. 2020

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“…Біомоніторин-гу важких металів в органах і тканинах риб присвячено праці Le et al (2016) та Javed & Usmani (2016). Доступні літературні дані свідчать також і про акумуляцію важких металів паразитами риб, що локалізуються в її різних органах (Nachev et al, 2010;Bayoumy et al, 2015;Hassan et al, 2016). Автори доводять, що паразити здатні накопичувати важкі метали в концентраціях, які у багато разів вищі, ніж у тканинах господаря (Sures, 2004;Leite et al, 2017;Sures et al, 2017).…”

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Content of chemical elements in the liver of cattle with fasciolosis and dicrocoeliosis

Кручиненко

Prus

Galat

et al. 2018

Regul. Mech. Biosyst.

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The concentration of chemical ements (Pb, Cd, Cu, As, Zn, Hg, Fe, Co, Mn) in the liver of healthy cattle and those affected by Fasciola hepatica and Dicrocoelium lanceatum in Poltava region (central part of Ukraine) was determined. The research was carried out by the method of atomic and absorption spectrometry carried out at the Regional State Laboratory of Veterinary Medicine in Poltava region. The liver samples (n = 30) from healthy cattle black-and-white breed and those affected by F. hepatica and D. lanceatum were taken at the meat processing plant. The ages of the cattle ranged from 6 to 8 years. The samples were immediately cooled, transported to the laboratory and stored at –20 °C for further analysis. The results of the research determined the average indicators of concentration of some toxic elements in the livers of healthy cattle and those infected by the trematodes. The content of chemical elements in the liver of healthy animals and those affected by fasciola can be represented in the form of a decreasing rank number: Zn > Fe > Cu, and for dicrocoeliosis, respectively, Fe > Zn > Cu. It has been established that Cu and Zn are involved in the metabolic processes of the body of trematodes, which is confirmed by our research. The presence of F. hepatica and D. lanceatum in the body of cattle significantly reduces the level of copper and zinc, with a high inverse correlation dependence on the intensity of infection, thus indicating the possibility of their accumulation by helminths. Concentration of Cu and Zn in the liver of cattle with fasciolosis was 6.82 ± 0.29 and 35.77 ± 1.93 mg/kg, while for animals with dicrocoeliosis it was 3.90 ± 0.25 and 41.91 ± 2.22 mg/kg. The content of cobalt and manganese in the liver of healthy animals was, respectively, 0.05 ± 0.01 and 1.95 ± 0.06 mg/kg. In the case of Fasciola parasitising in the liver tissue, the level of cobalt (0.10 ± 0.02) and manganese (2.55 ± 0.16) significantly increased, positively correlating with the intensity of the infection, indicating no effect on the exchange and bioaccumulation of these elements by helminths.

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“…The diversity of the parasite/host relationship is the result of adaptive processes to the parasitic lifestyle in different types of hosts, sites, and environments. Numerically there are more species of parasites than any other taxon on the planet (Mackenzie, 1999;Bayoumy et al, 2015). Environmental changes can lead to significant changes in species diversity, prevalence, intensity of infestation and parasitic abundance (Mackenzie, 1999).…”

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Parasitic monogenoideans of Sciades herzbergii as bioindicators of environmental quality in amazonian estuarines ecosystems

Cunha¹,

Domingues²,

Cunha

et al. 2021

Rev. Bras. Parasitol. Vet.

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This study evaluated the use of gill parasitic monogenoideans from Sciades herzbergii (Siluriformes: Ariidae) as bioindicators of environmental quality in Amazonian estuarine ecosystems. Fish were caught in the tidal channels in an impacted area - IA, near the port of São Luís and a reference area - RA, in the Caeté estuary, Bragança. The influence of the capture site and seasonality on parasite abundance, environmental variables and biometric data of hosts were verified. A total of 416 S. herzbergii specimens were analyzed. The weight and total length of fish from the RA were greater than those of the IA. The relative condition factor was influenced by seasonality. A total of 4,265 monogenoidean specimens from the following species were identified: Chauhanellus boegeri, C. susamlimae, C. velum, Calceostomella herzbergii and Dactylogyridae gen. sp. The seasonal mean parasitic abundance of C. susamlimae was significantly different, with the highest values recorded during the dry season. The mean abundance of C. herzbergii was influenced by seasonality and by the capture site. During the rainy period, the parasite indices in the RA were higher than those of IA. C. herzbergii is a bioindicator sensitive to low water quality, especially in relation to water turbidity in Amazon estuaries.

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Assessment of Heavy Metal Pollution and Fish Parasites as Biological Indicators at Arabian Gulf off Dammam Coast, Saudi Arabia

Cited by 16 publications

References 17 publications

Biomonitoring of Heavy Metal Pollution Using Acanthocephalans Parasite in Ecosystem: An Updated Overview

Biomonitoring of Heavy Metal Pollution Using Acanthocephalans Parasite in Ecosystem: An Updated Overview

Content of chemical elements in the liver of cattle with fasciolosis and dicrocoeliosis

Parasitic monogenoideans of Sciades herzbergii as bioindicators of environmental quality in amazonian estuarines ecosystems

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