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Sensors 2012, 12, 3068-3081; doi:10.3390/s120303068 OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 /journal/sensors Article Perch and Its Parasites as Heavy Metal Biomonitors in a Freshwater Environment: The Case Study of the Ružín Water Reservoir, Slovakia Tímea Brázová 1,*, Jordi Torres 2, Catarina Eira 3, Vladimíra Hanzelová 1, Dana Miklisová 1 and Peter Šalamún 1 1 Institute of Parasitology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Hlinkova 3, 04001 Košice, Slovakia; E-Mails: hanzel@saske.sk (V.H.); miklis@saske.sk (D.M.); salamun@saske.sk (P.S.) 2 Laboratory of Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona, Av. Joan XXIII, s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; E-Mail: jtorres@ 3 CESAM Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; E-Mail: catarina.eira@ua.pt * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: barciova@saske.sk. Received: 3 February 2012; in revised form: 27 February 2012 / Accepted: 2 March 2012 / Published: 6 March 2012 Abstract: Heavy metal concentrations were determined in 43 perches (Perca fluviatilis) and in two of its most common parasites, the acanthocephalan Acanthocephalus lucii and the cestode Proteocephalus percae, collected in the period 2009–2010 from Ružín, a seriously polluted water reservoir in Slovakia. Samples of muscle, liver, kidney, brain, male and female reproductive organs and adipose tissue of fish and both parasites were analyzed for As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn, by