Abstract Background In 2015, Brazil had its most notorious ecological disaster due to an iron
mine dam collapse. It was considered the world's largest environmental disaster associated …

In 2015, the failure of the Fundão dam caused the release of 43 million m 3 of tailings into
the Doce River Basin, in southeast Brazil. It was considered the largest environmental …

This study presents the first report on the concentration of trace elements (Al, As, Ba, Cd, Cr,
Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, V and Zn) in the blood and egg fractions of green turtles from Rocas Atoll …

Abstract Silver (Ag), cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), lead (Pb) and zinc (Zn) concentrations
were analyzed in tissues of juvenile green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) found stranded …

Green turtles may be used as biomonitors of marine environments because of their longevity
and feeding habits (omnivorous during the first years of life and herbivorous during the …

Sea turtles tend to accumulate high metal levels in their tissues and are considered
excellent pollution bioindicators. Studies concerning metal contamination in hatchlings …

Sea turtles face several threats and pollution has become a major concern for their
conservation worldwide. We analyzed samples of the liver, muscles, and kidneys of 38 …

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 …

Abstract Concentrations of elements (As, Al, Ba, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, K, Mg, Mn, Mo,
Na, Ni, Pb, Sb, Se, Sr, V, Zn) were determined in liver, kidneys and bones of Eretmochelys …

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 …