Trace Element Concentrations in Blood and Scute Tissues from Wild and Captive Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas)

KR Shaw, JM Lynch, GH Balazs… - Environmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Sea turtles are exposed to trace elements through water, sediment, and food. Exposure to
these elements has been shown to decrease immune function, impair growth, and decrease …

Trace element accumulation in hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) and green turtles (Chelonia mydas) from Yaeyama Islands, Japan

Y Anan, T Kunito, I Watanabe, H Sakai… - … and Chemistry: An …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Concentrations of 18 trace elements (V, Cr, Mn, Co, Cu, Zn, Se, Rb, Sr, Zr, Mo, Ag, Cd, Sb,
Ba, Hg, Tl, and Pb) were determined in the liver, kidney, and muscle of green turtles …

Trace Elements in Blood of Sea Turtles Lepidochelys olivacea in the Gulf of California, Mexico

AA Zavala-Norzagaray, CP Ley-Quiñónez… - Bulletin of environmental …, 2014 - Springer
This study determined the concentrations of heavy metals in blood collected from Pacific
Ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) inhabiting the coast of Guasave, Mexico, in the …

Marine Debris and Trace Metal (Cu, Cd, Pb, and Zn) Pollution in the Stranded Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas)

M Sinaei, R Zare, M Talebi Matin… - Archives of …, 2021 - Springer
Marine debris and trace metals are among the common environmental contaminants known
to affect marine organisms. In this study, the quantitative and qualitative aspects of marine …

[HTML][HTML] Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) hatch success and essential and nonessential metals in eggs and embryos from nests in St. Kitts (2015)

MM Dennis, R Poppenga, A Conan, K Hill… - Marine Pollution …, 2020 - Elsevier
Northwest Atlantic leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) are endangered and low
hatch success limits potential for population recovery. We examined essential and …

Accumulation of heavy metals (Cu, Zn, Ni, Cd, Co, Pb and Cr) in blood of freshwater turtles from Balloki headworks and Trimmu barrage, Punjab, Pakistan

S Sultana, T Sultana, F Jabeen - Pure and Applied Biology, 2015 - search.proquest.com
The present study provides data on heavy metals (Cu, Zn, Ni, Cd, Co, Pb and Cr)
accumulation in freshwater turtles species ie Kachuga smithi, K. tecta and Lissemys …

[PDF][PDF] Environmental Exposure to Metals and Bioaccumulation in the Liver of Three Freshwater Species of Turtles from Two Different Rivers

MK Al-Ghanem, F Al-Misned, S Mahboob - academia.edu
Exposure to metals remains an important public health concern. The present study is a
comprehensive field study to determine the concentrations of Cu, Zn, Ni, Cd, Co, Pb and Cr …

Trace element (Cd, Cu, Hg, Se, Zn) accumulation and tissue distribution in loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) from the Western Mediterranean Sea (southern Italy)

F Maffucci, F Caurant, P Bustamante, F Bentivegna - Chemosphere, 2005 - Elsevier
Cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), mercury (Hg), selenium (Se) and zinc (Zn) were determined in
the liver, kidney and muscle of 29 loggerhead turtles, Caretta caretta, from the South …

[PDF][PDF] Chemical element concentrations in the blood of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) captured at Fernando De Noronha Marine National Park, Brazil

FES Prioste, VCO Souza, MR Queiroz… - J Environ Anal …, 2015 - scholar.archive.org
Green turtles may be used as biomonitors of marine environments because of their longevity
and feeding habits (omnivorous during the first years of life and herbivorous during the …

Non-essential toxic element (Cd, As, Hg and Pb) levels in muscle, liver and kidney of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) stranded along the southwestern coasts …

M Esposito, A De Roma, D Sansone, D Capozzo… - … and Physiology Part C …, 2020 - Elsevier
Non-essential toxic metals are environmental pollutants that contaminate the marine
ecosystem due to their extensive use and long-range transport (by rivers and air). Their …