Trace metals in an urbanized estuarine sea turtle food web in San Diego Bay, CA

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 417-418, Issue , 2012, Pages 108-116

  Komoroske, Lisa M ^a,b   Lewison, Rebecca L ^a   Seminoff, Jeffrey A ^c   Deustchman, Douglas D ^a   Deheyn, Dimitri D ^d  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Contaminant; Green turtle; Metal; San Diego Bay; Trophic transfer

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT APPROACHES; COMPLEX PROCESSES; CONTAMINANT; EX SITU; FOOD WEBS; GENERAL PATTERNS; GREEN SEA; GREEN TURTLE; HABITAT UTILIZATION; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; METAL PATTERNS; MN CONCENTRATIONS; SAN DIEGO BAY; SEA TURTLES; SENSITIVE SPECIES; SPATIAL GRADIENTS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TOXICITY REFERENCE VALUES; TRACE METAL; TRACE METAL CONCENTRATION; TROPHIC TRANSFER;

ALUMINUM; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEMS; IMPURITIES; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILVER;

ZINC;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; SELENIUM; SILVER; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; COPPER; DIET; ESTUARINE ORGANISM; FOOD WEB; MANGANESE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRACE METAL; TURTLE; URBAN AREA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAY; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARINE SPECIES; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD WEB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT QUALITY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TISSUE LEVEL; TURTLE; URBANIZATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BAYS; BIOTA; CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; TRACE ELEMENTS; TURTLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CALIFORNIA; SAN DIEGO BAY; UNITED STATES;

CHELONIA (GENUS); CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84857034151     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.12.018     Document Type: Article

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