Environmental contaminants have been suggested as a possible cause of
fibropapillomatosis (FP) in green sea turtles. In turn, a reduced concentration of serum …

Aims The aims of this study were to analyze the causes of stranding of 1,860 loggerhead
turtles (Caretta caretta) admitted at the Tafira Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Gran Canaria …

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 …

Simple Summary Sea turtles are susceptible to several herpesviruses that are linked to
dermatologic diseases, including fibropapillomatosis (FP) and lung-eye-trachea disease …

Natural biotoxins and anthropogenic toxicants pose a significant risk to sea turtle health.
Documented effects of contaminants include potential disease progression and adverse …

The impact of a range of different threats has resulted in the listing of six out of seven sea
turtle species on the IUCN Red List of endangered species. Disease risk analysis (DRA) …

The neritic environment is rich in resources and as such plays a crucial role as foraging
habitat for multi-species marine assemblages, including sea turtles. However, this habitat …

Fibropapillomatosis (FP) can be an important conservation threat to green sea turtles
(Chelonia mydas) due to its widespread distribution and complex aetiology. Thus …

Blood parameters provide an excellent tool to evaluate the health status of wildlife. However,
there are few studies about health parameters of sea turtles in Mexico. For olive ridley turtles …

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 …