The available information regarding the 2 sea turtle species breeding in the Mediterranean
(loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta and green turtle Chelonia mydas) is reviewed, including …

Mercury (Hg) and especially its methylated species (MeHg) are toxic chemicals that
contaminate humans via the consumption of seafood. The most recent UNEP Global …

Over the past 3 decades, the status of sea turtles and the need for their protection to aid
population recovery have increasingly captured the interest of government agencies, non …

Large volumes of produced water are generated and discharged to the coastal and ocean
waters worldwide from offshore oil and gas production facilities. There is concern that the …

Heavy metals contribute to the anthropogenic contamination of marine ecosystems. Some of
them are essential to the life processes of organisms; others are toxic, even at low …

The success of the first volume of The Biology of Sea Turtles revealed a need for broad but
comprehensive reviews of major recent advances in sea turtle biology. Biology of Sea …

The Green Turtle Status Review Team (SRT) has undertaken a review consistent with
section 4 (a)(1) of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), using the best available scientific …

—Dimitris Margaritoulis, Roberto Argano, Ibrahim Baran, Flegra Bentivegna, Mohamed N.
Bradai, Juan Antonio Camiñas, Paolo Casale, Gregorio De Metrio, Andreas Demetropoulos …

Concentrations of trace elements (Hg, Cd, Pb, Zn, Cu, Fe, and Se) in different organs and
tissues (liver, kidney, muscle tissue, spleen, heart, lung, and fat tissue) of loggerhead turtles …

The bioaccumulation of metals in an animal depends on a multitude of factors: biotic ones,
like its body dimensions and mass, age, sex, diet, metabolism, and position in the trophic …