Juvenile green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the effluent discharge channel of a steel plant, Espírito Santo, Brazil, 2000-2006

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 233-246

  Torezani, Evelise ^a   Baptistotte, Cecília ^a   Mendes, Sérgio L ^b   Barata, Paulo C R ^c  

^a Projeto TAMAR ICMBio   (Brazil)

^b Universidade Federal do Espríito Santo   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Chelonia mydas; Cheloniidae; Fibropapillomatosis; Growth; Health; Residency; TAMAR; Tumours

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; DISEASE SEVERITY; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH RISK; JUVENILE; METALS INDUSTRY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR; TURTLE;

CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77953569310     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315409990579     Document Type: Article

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