Growth-related changes in heavy metal accumulation in green turtle (Chelonia mydas) from Yaeyama Islands, Okinawa, Japan

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 378-385

  Sakai, H ^a   Saeki, K ^a   Ichihashi, H ^a   Kamezaki, N ^b   Tanabe, S ^c   Tatsukawa, R ^d  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL; ZINC;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GROWTH; HEAVY METAL; TURTLE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TURTLE; WATER POLLUTANT; ZOOPLANKTON;

AGING; ANIMALS; JAPAN; METALS, HEAVY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TURTLES;

JAPAN;

ANIMALIA; CHELONIA MYDAS; INVERTEBRATA; MYDAS; POACEAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0033830614     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002440010118     Document Type: Article

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