Simple Summary Showing one of the most extraordinary phenomena in nature, with
thousands or hundreds of thousands of females coming out of the water to nest in a highly …

Abstract Inorganic elements (Pb, Cd, Hg, Al, As, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Se and Zn) are present
globally in aquatic systems and their potential transfer to marine turtles can be a serious …

Over the past 3 decades, the status of sea turtles and the need for their protection to aid
population recovery have increasingly captured the interest of government agencies, non …

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

Since the first volume of The Biology of Sea Turtles was published in 1997, the field has
grown and matured in ways few of the authors would have predicted—particularly in the …

Background Mercury is known to bioaccumulate and to magnify in marine mammals, which
is a cause of great concern in terms of their general health. In particular, the immune system …

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

Health evaluations were conducted in the northwestern Atlantic for 19 leatherback turtles,
which included 12 turtles directly captured as part of a satellite telemetry study and 7 turtles …

Perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFASs) are global, persistent, and toxic contaminants. We
assessed PFAS concentrations in green (Chelonia mydas) and hawksbill (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 …