Identification of a cestode from Channa micropeltes (Cuvier, 1831) and its potential as bioindicator for aquatic heavy metal pollution
At present, parasites are attracting increasing interest from parasite ecologists as potential indicators of environmental quality because of the variety of ways in which they respond to anthropogenic pollution. However, until recently, little was known about the accumulation of toxins within paras...
Saved in:
Main Author: | |
---|---|
Format: | Thesis |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Terengganu: Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
2014
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://dspace.psnz.umt.edu.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/3015 |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
id |
my.umt.ir-3015 |
---|---|
record_format |
eprints |
spelling |
my.umt.ir-30152014-05-18T06:57:32Z Identification of a cestode from Channa micropeltes (Cuvier, 1831) and its potential as bioindicator for aquatic heavy metal pollution Nhi, Tran Thi Yen TD 174 .N4 2012 Nhi, Tran Thi Yen Tesis AKUATROP 2012 Pollution prevention At present, parasites are attracting increasing interest from parasite ecologists as potential indicators of environmental quality because of the variety of ways in which they respond to anthropogenic pollution. However, until recently, little was known about the accumulation of toxins within parasites. Certain parasites, particularly intestinal acanthocephalans and cestodes of fish, can accumulate heavy metals at concentrations that are orders of magnitude higher than those in the host tissues or the environment. Furthermore, a little of helminth parasites have so far been recorded in Malayan freshwater fishes. In a study by Fernando and Furtado (1964), they found one species in Channa striatus and two species in Channa micropeltes. Therefore, the aim of this study was to identify the species of cestodes from Channa micropeltes (Cuvier, 1831) and to evaluate the metal accumulation ability of the cestodes compared to their host as a possible sentinel in monitoring increasing heavy metal pollution in lacustrine environment. 2014-05-18T06:57:32Z 2014-05-18T06:57:32Z 2012-03 Thesis http://dspace.psnz.umt.edu.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/3015 en application/pdf application/pdf Terengganu: Universiti Malaysia Terengganu |
institution |
Universiti Malaysia Terengganu |
building |
Perpustakaan Sultanah Nur Zahirah |
collection |
Institutional Repository |
continent |
Asia |
country |
Malaysia |
content_provider |
Universiti Malaysia Terengganu |
content_source |
UMT-IR |
url_provider |
http://umt-ir.umt.edu.my:8080/ |
language |
English |
topic |
TD 174 .N4 2012 Nhi, Tran Thi Yen Tesis AKUATROP 2012 Pollution prevention |
spellingShingle |
TD 174 .N4 2012 Nhi, Tran Thi Yen Tesis AKUATROP 2012 Pollution prevention Nhi, Tran Thi Yen Identification of a cestode from Channa micropeltes (Cuvier, 1831) and its potential as bioindicator for aquatic heavy metal pollution |
description |
At present, parasites are attracting increasing interest from parasite ecologists as potential indicators of environmental quality because of the variety of ways in which they respond to anthropogenic pollution. However, until recently, little was known
about the accumulation of toxins within parasites. Certain parasites, particularly intestinal acanthocephalans and cestodes of fish, can accumulate heavy metals at concentrations that are orders of magnitude higher than those in the host tissues or the environment. Furthermore, a little of helminth parasites have so far been recorded in Malayan freshwater fishes. In a study by Fernando and Furtado (1964), they found one species in Channa striatus and two species in Channa micropeltes. Therefore, the aim of this study was to identify the species of cestodes from Channa
micropeltes (Cuvier, 1831) and to evaluate the metal accumulation ability of the cestodes compared to their host as a possible sentinel in monitoring increasing heavy metal pollution in lacustrine environment. |
format |
Thesis |
author |
Nhi, Tran Thi Yen |
author_facet |
Nhi, Tran Thi Yen |
author_sort |
Nhi, Tran Thi Yen |
title |
Identification of a cestode from Channa micropeltes (Cuvier, 1831) and its potential as bioindicator for aquatic heavy metal pollution |
title_short |
Identification of a cestode from Channa micropeltes (Cuvier, 1831) and its potential as bioindicator for aquatic heavy metal pollution |
title_full |
Identification of a cestode from Channa micropeltes (Cuvier, 1831) and its potential as bioindicator for aquatic heavy metal pollution |
title_fullStr |
Identification of a cestode from Channa micropeltes (Cuvier, 1831) and its potential as bioindicator for aquatic heavy metal pollution |
title_full_unstemmed |
Identification of a cestode from Channa micropeltes (Cuvier, 1831) and its potential as bioindicator for aquatic heavy metal pollution |
title_sort |
identification of a cestode from channa micropeltes (cuvier, 1831) and its potential as bioindicator for aquatic heavy metal pollution |
publisher |
Terengganu: Universiti Malaysia Terengganu |
publishDate |
2014 |
url |
http://dspace.psnz.umt.edu.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/3015 |
_version_ |
1738395445976104960 |
score |
13.214268 |