Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) egg yolk concentrations of persistent organic pollutants and lipid increase during the last stage of embryonic development

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 367, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 170-181

  Alava, Juan José ^a,b   Keller, Jennifer M ^c   Kucklick, John R ^c   Wyneken, Jeanette ^d   Crowder, Larry ^e   Scott, Geoffrey I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eggs; Embryonic development; Lipid; Loggerhead sea turtle; Organochlorine pesticides; PCBs; Reptile

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPIDS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

EGGS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; REPTILE;

MARINE POLLUTION;

CHLORDANE; DIELDRIN; LIPID; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

EGG DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; TURTLE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EGG YOLK; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURTLE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; EGG YOLK; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; LIPID METABOLISM; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; QUALITY CONTROL; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TURTLES;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE;

EID: 33745972127     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.02.029     Document Type: Article

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