Leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) have low hatching and emergence success
compared to other sea turtle species. Postmortem examinations of hatchlings showed …

Leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) are long-distance migrants that travel
thousands of km from foraging grounds to breeding and nesting grounds. These extensive …

Bodily accumulation of certain toxic elements can cause physiologic harm to marine
organisms and be detrimental to their health and survival. The leatherback sea turtle …

Leatherback turtles in the Pacific Ocean have declined precipitously in recent decades. One
issue that may be contributing to the declines of leatherbacks and impairing their recovery is …

All seven species of sea turtle are currently classified as either endangered or threatened
with extinction. Due to the wide geographic area that they cover during their life cycle, sea …

Mercury contamination threatens many ecosystems worldwide. Methylmercury
bioaccumulates at each trophic level, and biomagnifies within individuals over time. Long …

Mercury (Hg), a ubiquitous and highly toxic bioaccumulative contaminant, can maternally
transfer and elicit deleterious effects on adult reproduction and offspring phenotype in fish …

Concentrations of heavy metals (Hg, Cd and Pb) were determined in internal organs and
nest contents of green turtles Chelonia mydas and loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta from …

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 …

Foraging aggregations of east Pacific green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) inhabit the Seal
Beach National Wildlife Refuge (SBNWR) and San Diego Bay (SDB), two habitats in …