Mucous cell responses to contaminants and parasites in shorthorn sculpins (Myoxocephalus scorpius) from a former lead-zinc mine in West Greenland

• Published in: Science of The Total Environment
• Main Authors: Dang, M, Pittman, K, Bach, L, Sonne, C, Hansson, SV, Sondergaard, J, Stride, M, Nowak, B
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier Science Bv 2019
• Subjects: mucosal mapping; heavy metals; parasite; skin; gills; mining; Greenland; Maarmorilik
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/32821/

Previous studies of sculpins from the former lead (Pb) - zinc (Zn) mine near Maarmorilik, West Greenland, have shown that these fish are affected by heavy metal exposure from the mine. In this study, we applied mucosal mapping (a stereological method for mucosal quantification in fish) to uncover in...