Interactions between vascular actions of detergent and catecholamines in perfused gills of European eel, Anguilla anguilla L. and brown trout, Salmo trutta L.

1980 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Bolis ◽  
J. C. Rankin
2004 ◽  
Vol 67 (10) ◽  
pp. 2332-2336 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. R. LINDE ◽  
S. SANCHEZ-GALAN ◽  
E. GARCIA-VAZQUEZ

In this study we analyzed the pattern of copper (Cu), cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), and mercury (Hg) accumulation in liver (as a detoxifying organ) and muscle (as the most important tissue for human consumption) of brown trout (Salmo trutta) and European eel (Anguilla anguilla) caught in two wild Spanish rivers where both species are usually angled for human consumption. Cd, Pb, and Cu accumulated preferentially in the liver of both species. Hg accumulated both in the liver and muscle in brown trout, whereas it accumulated preferentially in muscle in European eel. Both high metal content and preferential accumulation of Hg in muscle suggest that European eel is more harmful than brown trout for human consumption.


1999 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 168-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.R. Linde ◽  
S. Sánchez-Galán ◽  
D. Klein ◽  
E. García-Vázquez ◽  
K.H. Summer

Parasitology ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 121 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. R. KENNEDY ◽  
R. A. HARTVIGSEN

The hypothesis that intestinal helminth communities in freshwater brown trout are dissimilar in composition and structure to those in the European eel was tested by an analysis of component communities from 72 localities and of infracommunities from 34 localities in the British Isles and Norway. Derived indices were then compared with published data from eels. Composition of helminth communities differed considerably between the two hosts as a group of 4 species occurred commonly in trout and so gave greater predictability to the community composition. These 4 species were trout specialists and in 97% of the localities a trout specialist dominated the community rather than a generalist acanthocephalan as is typical for eels. By contrast all measures of community structure and indices of richness and diversity indicated that helminth communities in trout were isolationist in character, species poor and exhibited low diversity at both component and infracommunity levels. All values of indices for trout helminth communities were strikingly similar to those obtained from eels. Evidence of interspecific interactions within the trout helminth communities and a limit of 4 to infracommunity species richness further enhanced the similarities and suggested a common determinant of community structure. The hypothesis was thus supported in respect of species composition but refuted in respect of community structure.


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