[HTML][HTML] Trace Elements and Persistent Organic Pollutants in Unhatched Loggerhead Turtle Eggs from an Emerging Nesting Site along the Southwestern Coasts of …

M Esposito, S Canzanella, D Iaccarino, A Pepe… - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The western Mediterranean is an important nesting area for sea turtles, but
at the same time, a hotspot for human-induced threats. Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) …

[HTML][HTML] Metal accumulation in female green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) from Eastern Atlantic affects their egg quality with potential implications for embryonic …

IFC Morão, T Simões, RB Casado, S Vieira… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Sea turtles, with their global distribution and complex life cycle, often accumulate pollutants
such as metals and metalloids due to their extended lifespan and feeding habits. However …

Metal bioaccumulation and its genotoxic effects on eggs and hatchlings of giant Amazon river turtle (Podocnemis expansa)

A Frossard, GC Coppo, AT Lourenço, OA Heringer… - Ecotoxicology, 2021 - Springer
The aim of this study was to assess whether possible metal contamination in the sediment of
the nests of giant Amazon river turtle, Podocnemis expansa, could contaminate eggs and …

Trace element bioaccumulation in the hepatic tissue of juvenile green turtles (Chelonia mydas) stranded along the Campos and Espírito Santo basins, southeastern …

ECL Tostes, LM de Souza Viana, KFF Agostinho… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study analyzed the concentrations of 15 (Al, As, Ba, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mn, Mo, Ni, Pb,
Se, V, Zn) toxicologically important trace elements in the livers of 110 green turtles stranded …

Going deeper into the molecular ecology of the Southwest Atlantic Caretta caretta (Testudinata: Cheloniidae), what do microsatellites reveal to us?

S Ludwig, L Amorim, AC Barcelos, P Guimarães… - Marine Biology, 2023 - Springer
The loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) is a cosmopolitan sea turtle species and is listed
by IUCN as Vulnerable globally. The Southwest Atlantic is an important regional …