Mercury in blood and eggs of the sea turtle Lepidochelys olivacea from a nesting colony in Oaxaca, Mexico

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1320-1323

  Paez Osuna F ^a   Calderón Campuzano, M F ^a   Soto Jiménez, M F ^a   Ruelas Inzunza, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Instituto Tecnológico de Mazatlán   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Lepidochelys olivacea; Maternal transference; Mercury; Mexico; Oaxaca; Pacific East

Indexed keywords

LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA; MATERNAL TRANSFERENCE; ME-XICO; OAXACA; PACIFIC EAST;

MERCURY (METAL);

BLOOD;

ALBUMIN; MERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SEASON; EGG; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; TURTLE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; EGG LAYING; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MERCURY BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; SPECIES HABITAT; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; MERCURY; MEXICO; OVUM; TURTLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; OAXACA;

CHELONIIDAE; LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 79958766929     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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