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 …

Mining is one of the main activities that drive the economy of Brazil. Mining activity is
associated with risk of contamination of environment and local fauna by metals. Amphibians …

Accepted: 24. February 2021/Available online: 25. February 2021/Printed: June 2021
Abstract. The mean concentrations of metals (μg g-1 dry wt) measured in the tissue of six …

Background Anthropogenic sources can lead to the accumulation of heavy metals in marine
organisms through ingestion, absorption, or inhalation. For sea turtle embryos, heavy metals …

We assessed the health status and hematologic and blood chemistry values of 48 juvenile
green turtles (Chelonia mydas) on the southeastern coast of Brazil (25° S 48° W). We …

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 …

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 …

This study analyzed the carapace distribution of Ca, Cd, Cr, Cu, Mg, Mn, Pb, Sb, U, V and Zn
by GF-AAS and ICP-AES in one specimen of Caretta caretta from Mediterranean Sea …

Despite their common occurrence in Guadeloupe, little is known about levels and effects of
pollutants in free-ranging green (Chelonia mydas) and hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) …

Scutes present very complex morphologies with different growth rates at different areas of
the carapace that can change the accumulation process of essential and non-essential …