Parasite communities in Boops boops (L.) (Sparidae) after the Prestige oil-spill: Detectable alterations

The metazoan parasite communities of the shoal flounder ( Syacium gunteri ) as bioindicators of chemical contamination in the southern Gulf of Mexico

“…Parasites of aquatic organisms are good bioindicators of environmental impact because their populations and communities are sensitive to environmental insults [5,[7][8][9]. For example, parasite abundance in Finnish lakes that were highly polluted with pulp and paper effluents (PPE) was lower than in lakes with lower PPE levels [10].…”

Parasite communities in the red mullet, Mullus barbatus L., respond to small-scale variation in the levels of polychlorinated biphenyls in the Western Mediterranean

“…These can be generally grouped into one of two categories, studies on catastrophic events (e.g. Pérez-del Olmo et al, 2007;Pérez-del-Olmo et al, 2009) in which pollution effects are relatively easy to detect because of the magnitude of the impact but are difficult to assess due to the lack of reference data; and studies on adverse chronic exposure to toxicants based on planned comparisons between sites chronically exposed to pollutants and unpolluted reference sites (e.g. see recent meta-analyses by Blanar et al, 2009;Vidal-Martínez et al, 2009 and references therein).…”

Diseases and Mortalities of Fishes and Other Animals in The Gulf of Mexico

“…Khan (1990), who studied the effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, determined the oil affected the presence and intensity of infections of internal parasites. More parasites occurred in the sparid Boops boops in Spain after the Pestige oil spill than before, indicating that different intermediate hosts became established after the spill (Pérez-del Olmo et al 2007). Sures (2004) investigated the sensitivity of various parasites in accumulating heavy metals, and many accumulated more than the fish host.…”