Heavy metals in marine turtle eggs and hatchlings in the mediterranean

Zoology in the Middle East

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 127-132

  Kaska, Yakup ^a   Furness, Robert W ^b  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caretta caretta; Heavy metals; Loggerhead Turtle; Marine turtles; Mediterranean; Turkey

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; HEAVY METAL; TURTLE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CARETTA CARETTA;

EID: 0034767652     PISSN: 09397140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2001.10637891     Document Type: Article

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