Mercury (Hg) is a highly toxic pollutant that poses in risk several marine animals, including
green turtles (Chelonia mydas). Green turtles are globally endangered sea turtle species …

The green turtle (Chelonia mydas) is known to present an herbivorous diet as an adult;
however, juveniles may have an omnivore habit, and these changes in food preference may …

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 …

The use of sentinel species in monitoring programs for toxic metals such as mercury (Hg) is
essential to understand these pollutants' impact on the environment. For this purpose, it is …

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 …

With no known biological function, mercury (Hg) is highly toxic, bio-accumulates, and
biomagnifies up the food web. Long-living marine animals, such as sea turtles, can be …

Mercury is a relatively well‐studied pollutant because of its global distribution, toxicity, and
ability to bioaccumulate and biomagnify in food webs; however, little is known about …

Turtles are useful for studying bioaccumulative pollutants such as mercury (Hg) because
they have long life spans and feed at trophic levels that result in high exposure to …

The present work tests the use of carapace fragments of the marine turtle Caretta caretta as
a tool for environmental biomonitoring of mercury (Hg) and to evaluate the influence of …

Mercury levels in the Amazon River are generally high, but there are no published studies
on Hg levels in turtles from the region. In this study, levels of Hg were examined in the …