An important provision of the Minamata Convention on Mercury is to monitor and evaluate
the effectiveness of the adopted measures and its implementation. Here, we describe for the …

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 …

The loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) is a long-lived carnivorous reptile included in the
IUCN Red List. The IUCN assessment for this species underlines the lack of information …

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 …

Reptiles are ideal organisms for the non-invasive monitoring of mercury (Hg) contamination.
We have investigated Hg bioaccumulation in tissue layers of reptile dermis as a basis for …

Total mercury (T-Hg) was determined in fish and wild animal meat consumed in indigenous
villages in the Brazilian Amazon region, where there is no history of gold mining. The …

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 …

Abstract The Tropical Atlantic coast of Brazil is a hotspot area for multiple sea turtle species
at all life stages. The multiple nearshore reefs and beaches, oceanic islands, and the only …

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 …

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 …