Tissue distribution of metals in loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) stranded in the Canary Islands, Spain

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 49, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 854-860

  Torrent, A ^a   Gonzalez Diaz O M ^a   Monagas, P ^a   Oros J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MERCURY; METAL; NICKEL; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; HEAVY METAL; TURTLE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; SPAIN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS, HEAVY; MORTALITY; SPAIN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TURTLES;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; CARETTA CARETTA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 7744234890     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2004.08.022     Document Type: Article

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