Mercury, Lead and Cadmium Concentrations in Talpa occidentalis and in Their Digeneans of the Genus Ityogonimus.

More studies involving digenean parasites of small mammals are needed, especially when biomonitoring environmental toxic element pollution in terrestrial ecosystems. The present results support the above-mentioned model as a suitable biomonitoring system to evaluate environmental Hg and Pb contamination in terrestrial non-urban Iberian habitats. Similar models involving other species (Talpa spp./Ityogonimus spp.) might be used in a much wider geographical range.