Comparison of mercury burdens in chronically debilitated and healthy loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 111-117

  Day, Rusty D ^a   Keller, Jennifer M ^a   Harms, Craig A ^b   Segars, Al L ^c   Cluse, Wendy M ^d   Godfrey, Matthew H ^d   Lee, A Michelle ^e   Peden Adams, Margie ^e   Thorvalson, Kelly ^f   Dodd, Mark ^g   Norton, Terry ^h  

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

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^d North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission   (United States)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f South Carolina Aquarium   (United States)

^g Georgia Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

^h St Catherines Island Wildlife Survival Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood; Disease; Emaciation; Keratin; Loggerhead sea turtle; Mercury; Plasma; Red blood cell

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; TESTUDINES;

MERCURY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY BURDEN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH STATUS; HEMATOCRIT; IMMUNE SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TURTLE; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BODY BURDEN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH STATUS; HEMATOCRIT; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MERCURY; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TURTLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77449115707     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-46.1.111     Document Type: Article

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