Heavy metal
concentration
Infected
E. gigas
muscles
C.gracilis larvae
Ratio
Cu
7.56±1.98
90.82 ±1.89
1 : 48.05
Pb
1.10 ± 0.35
250.40 ±15.21
1 : 227.63
Cd
0.660 ± 0.22
180.37 ± 17.5
1 : 274.28
Table 3:
Mean ± SD of Cu, Cd and Pb concentrations in C. gracilis larvae and in their host muscles (μg/g wet weight).