Accumulation and tissue distribution of heavy metals and essential elements in loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) from Spanish Mediterranean coastline of Murcia

Chemosphere

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 256-264

  Jerez, Silvia ^a   Motas, Miguel ^a   Cánovas, Régulo Ángel ^a   Talavera, Jesús ^a   Almela, Ramón Miguel ^a   del Río, Alejandro Bayón ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Essential elements; Heavy metals; Loggerhead sea turtles; Mediterranean sea

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; HISTOLOGY; MARINE POLLUTION; MUSCLE;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; INDIVIDUAL LEVELS; LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLES; LOGGERHEAD TURTLES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTIONS;

HEAVY METALS;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; SELENIUM; ZINC;

BIOINDICATOR; HEAVY METAL; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MUSCLE; TURTLE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BONE TISSUE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SKIN; SPAIN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TURTLE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MURCIA [SPAIN]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 71849103995     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.10.062     Document Type: Article

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