Species-specific distribution of heavy metals in tissues and organs of loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) and green turtle (Chelonia mydas) from Japanese coastal waters

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 701-709

  Sakai, Haruya ^a   Saeki, Kazutoshi ^a   Ichihashi, Hideki ^a   Suganuma, Hiroyuki ^b   Tanabe, Shinsuke ^c   Tatsukawa, Ryo ^d  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ogasawara Marine Center   (Japan)

^c EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carapace; Fat; Green turtle; Heavy metals; Loggerhead turtle; Non lethal monitoring

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION; HEAVY METAL; TURTLE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOACCUMULATION; BONE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; JAPAN; LIVER; MUSCLE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SEASHORE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TURTLE; WATER POLLUTION;

JAPAN;

CHELONIA MYDAS;

EID: 0033852247     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(00)00008-4     Document Type: Article

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