The occurrence of chemical elements and POPs in loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta): An overview

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1606-1615

  D'ilio, S ^a   Mattei, D ^a   Blasi, M F ^b   Alimonti, A ^a   Bogialli, S ^c  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Filicudi WildLife Conservation   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemical elements; Environmental pollution; Loggerhead turtles; Persistent organic pollutants

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC SYSTEM; CARETTA; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; HEALTH STATUS; LOGGERHEAD TURTLES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; ORGANOCHLORINES; PACIFIC OCEAN; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POTENTIAL TRANSFER;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CHEMICALS; HEALTH RISKS; HISTOLOGY; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TISSUE; WATER ANALYSIS;

CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS;

ALUMINUM; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BARIUM; BORON; CADMIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SELENIUM; XENOBIOTIC AGENT; ZINC;

CHEMICAL ELEMENT; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HEALTH STATUS; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TURTLE; XENOBIOTICS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANODIC STRIPPING POTENTIOMETRY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BLADDER; BLOOD; BONE TISSUE; BRAIN; CARETTA CARETTA; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GONAD; HEALTH STATUS; HEART; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PANCREAS; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; POPULATION BIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPECIES HABITAT; SPINAL CORD; SPLEEN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OCEANS AND SEAS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PLASTICS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TURTLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 79960407853     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.05.022     Document Type: Review

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