Trace element (Cd, Cu, Hg, Se, Zn) accumulation and tissue distribution in loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) from the Western Mediterranean Sea (southern Italy)

Chemosphere

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 535-542

  Maffucci, F ^a   Caurant, F ^b   Bustamante, P ^b   Bentivegna, F ^a  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Heavy metals; Marine vertebrates; Sea turtles; Trophic transfer; Tyrrhenian Sea

Indexed keywords

HOMEOSTATIC PROCESSES; KIDNEY; SEA TURTLES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DETOXIFICATION; MUSCLE; TOXICITY;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

CADMIUM; COPPER; MERCURY; SELENIUM; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; HEAVY METAL; MARINE POLLUTION; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TURTLE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DETOXIFICATION; DIET; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HOMEOSTASIS; ITALY; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TROPHIC LEVEL; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BODY BURDEN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; ITALY; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRACE ELEMENTS; TURTLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 11144313586     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2004.09.032     Document Type: Article

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