The current situation of inorganic elements in marine turtles: a general review and meta-analysis

AA Cortés-Gómez, D Romero, M Girondot - Environmental Pollution, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Inorganic elements (Pb, Cd, Hg, Al, As, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Se and Zn) are present
globally in aquatic systems and their potential transfer to marine turtles can be a serious …

From Mexico to the Beagle Channel: A review of metal and metalloid pollution studies on wildlife species in Latin America.

A Di Marzio, SA Lambertucci, AJG Fernandez… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Emissions of metals and metalloids (Hg; Cd; Cr; Cu; Pb; Ni; Zn; Fe; Mn; As; Se) generated by
natural (eg, geothermal activity) or anthropic causes (eg., industry or mining) represent a …

Trace element reference intervals in the blood of healthy green sea turtles to evaluate exposure of coastal populations

CA Villa, M Flint, I Bell, C Hof, CJ Limpus, C Gaus - Environmental pollution, 2017 - Elsevier
Exposure to essential and non-essential elements may be elevated for green sea turtles
(Chelonia mydas) that forage close to shore. Biomonitoring of trace elements in turtle blood …

Potential effects of brevetoxins and toxic elements on various health variables in Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) and green (Chelonia mydas) sea turtles after a …

JR Perrault, NI Stacy, AF Lehner, CR Mott… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Natural biotoxins and anthropogenic toxicants pose a significant risk to sea turtle health.
Documented effects of contaminants include potential disease progression and adverse …

Potential adverse effects of inorganic pollutants on clinical parameters of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta): results from a nesting colony from Cape Verde, West …

M Camacho, J Orós, LD Boada, A Zaccaroni… - Marine environmental …, 2013 - Elsevier
A large number of nesting loggerhead sea turtles (n= 201) were sampled to establish the
blood levels of 11 elements (Cu, Mn, Pb, Zn, Cd, Ni, Cr, As, Al, Hg, and Se). Almost all of the …

Concentrations of trace elements in tissues of loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) from the Tyrrhenian and the Ionian coastlines (Calabria, Italy)

S Canzanella, A Danese, M Mandato… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
Toxic trace elements from both, natural and anthropogenic origin, pose a threat to aquatic
environments and marine wildlife due to their long-range transport, bioaccumulative nature …

[HTML][HTML] Postmortem investigations on leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) stranded in the Canary Islands (Spain)(1998–2017): Evidence of anthropogenic …

J Orós, M Camacho, P Calabuig, C Rial-Berriel… - Marine Pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
Opportunities for postmortem studies on leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) are
infrequent due to their predominantly pelagic life history. In this study, the pathological …

A comparison of particulate hexavalent chromium cytotoxicity and genotoxicity in human and leatherback sea turtle lung cells from a one environmental health …

RM Speer, SS Wise, TJ Croom-Perez… - Toxicology and applied …, 2019 - Elsevier
Evaluating health risks of environmental contaminants can be better achieved by
considering toxic impacts across species. Hexavalent chromium [Cr (VI)] is a marine …

First approximation to congenital malformation rates in embryos and hatchlings of sea turtles

A Bárcenas‐Ibarra, H de la Cueva… - … Research Part A …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Background Congenital malformations in sea turtles have been considered sporadical.
Research carried out in the Mexican Pacific revealed high levels of congenital …

Toxic elements and associations with hematology, plasma biochemistry, and protein electrophoresis in nesting loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) from Casey …

JR Perrault, NI Stacy, AF Lehner, SK Poor… - Environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Toxic elements (arsenic, cadmium, lead, mercury, selenium, thallium) are a group of
contaminants that are known to elicit developmental, reproductive, general health, and …