Lead bioaccumulation in emydid turtles of an urban lake and its relationship to shell disease

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 565-571

  Bishop, Brian E ^a   Savitzky, Barbara A ^a   Abdel Fattah, Tarek ^a  

^a CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Lead; Shell disease; Turtles

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

BIOACCUMULATION; DISEASE; LEAD; POLLUTION EFFECT; TURTLE;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY SIZE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; LAKE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDEMYS RUBRIVENTRIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA; TURTLE; ULCERATIVE SHELL DISEASE; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CITIES; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; LEAD; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TURTLES; VIRGINIA;

EMYDIDAE; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77951653015     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2009.12.027     Document Type: Article

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