Comparative study of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in plasma of Eastern Atlantic juvenile and adult nesting loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1974-1980

  Camacho, María ^a   Boada, Luis D ^a   Orós, Jorge ^a   Calabuig, Pascual ^b   Zumbado, Manuel ^a   Luzardo, Octavio P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b Tafira Baja   (Spain)

Author keywords

Caretta caretta; Loggerhead turtle; PAHs; Sea turtle

Indexed keywords

CANARY ISLANDS; CARETTA; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; LOGGERHEAD TURTLES; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; PAHS; PETROGENIC; PLASMA SAMPLES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS(PAHS); SEA TURTLES;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

PLASMAS;

ACENAPHTYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; CHRYSENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; PYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MARINE POLLUTION; PAH; PHENANTHRENE; PLASMA; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TURTLE; URBAN POLLUTION;

ADULT ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CAPE VERDE; CARETTA CARETTA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); INDICATOR ORGANISM; JUVENILE ANIMAL; NESTING; NONHUMAN; TURTLE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; CAPE VERDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; MALE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SPAIN; TURTLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

CANARY ISLANDS; CAPE VERDE; SPAIN;

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84865315379     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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