Heavy metals in the tissues of the sea turtle Lepidochelys olivacea from a nesting site of the northwest coast of Mexico

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 179-185

  Frias Espericueta M G ^a   Osuna Lopez J I ^a   Ruiz Telles, A ^a   Quintero Alvarez, J M ^a   Lopez Lopez G ^a   Izaguirre Fierro, G ^a   Voltolina, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SINALOA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD;

ACCURACY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; HEART; HEAVY METAL POISONING; KIDNEY; LIVER; MEXICO; MUSCLE; NESTING; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; TISSUE LEVEL; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; KIDNEY; LEAD; LIVER; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; MEXICO; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCARDIUM; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OCEANS AND SEAS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TURTLES;

CHELONIIDAE; LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA;

EID: 33748760351     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-006-1048-1     Document Type: Article

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