The aim of the present study was to determine the concentrations of the most investigated
environmentally relevant heavy metals in two highly endangered sea turtle species (Caretta …

Sea turtles are of increasing interest as potential bioindicators of the heavy metal pollution in
marine ecosystems. In the present work, concentrations of heavy metals and essential …

Heavy metal concentrations in the different tissues of marine turtles are presented; the most
frequently monitored elements are mercury, cadmium and lead. Concentrations of Hg, Cd …

The concentrations of cadmium (Cd), mercury (Hg) and lead (Pb) were determined in
muscular tissue of eleven loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) from the Balearic Islands …

Concentrations of heavy metals (Hg, Cd and Pb) were determined in internal organs and
nest contents of green turtles Chelonia mydas and loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta from …

Thirty-five specimens of Caretta caretta were collected dead along the Adriatic Sea coast
from the Po Delta to the Reno mouth (Italy). Turtles were classified into four size categories …

Despite global awareness of trace-metal contamination in the ocean, its bioaccumulation
through the food web, and resulting detrimental effects on health, the quantitative toxicology …

In this paper we determined the levels of 63 environmental contaminants, including organic
(PCBs, organochlorine pesticides, and PAHs) and inorganic (As, Cd, Cu, Pb, Hg and Zn) …

We assessed trace elements concentration in European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) from
Brenne Natural Park (France). We sampled road-killed turtles (N= 46) to measure the …

SUMMARY A total of 65 stranded and 2 injured turtles were found in 2001 along the
southwestern Mediterranean coast of Turkey during the monitoring program and the majority …