| is metal accumulation in pomphorhynchus laevis dependent on parasite sex or infrapopulation size? | concentrations of the elements as, cd, co, cu, fe, mn, mo, ni, pb, sn, v, zn were analysed by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (icp-ms) in the acanthocephalan pomphorhynchus laevis and its fish host barbus barbus. a total of 27 barbels were collected from the danube river in autumn 2006 close to the town kozloduy (685 river kilometer) on the bulgarian river bank. fish were divided into 3 groups. according to their p. laevis infrapopulation size hosts were considered as heavily infect ... | 2010 | 20380766 |