Heavy metal accumulation in four species of sea turtles from the Baja California peninsula, Mexico

BioMetals

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 91-99

  Gardner, Susan C ^a   Fitzgerald, Sionnan L ^a   Vargas, Baudilio Acosta ^a   Rodríguez, Lia Méndez ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Baja California peninsula; Cadmium; Heavy metals; Mexico; Sea turtles

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER; LIVER LEVEL; MEXICO; MUSCLE; MUSCLE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; SPECIES; TISSUE LEVEL; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS, HEAVY; MEXICO; PACIFIC OCEAN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TURTLES;

ANIMALIA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33344473905     PISSN: 09660844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10534-005-8660-0     Document Type: Article

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