Comparative study of organohalogen contamination between two populations of Eastern Atlantic loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta)

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 678-683

  Camacho, María ^a,b   Boada, Luis D ^a   Orós, Jorge ^a   López, Pedro ^c   Zumbado, Manuel ^a   Almeida González, Maira ^a   Luzardo, Octavio P ^a  

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

^b Tafira Baja   (Spain)

^c Naturalia Cape Verde Ltd   (Cape Verde)

Author keywords

Loggerhead sea turtles; Marine contamination; Organochlorine contaminants; Sea turtles

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLES; MARINE CONTAMINATION; ORGANOCHLORINE CONTAMINANTS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; ORGANOHALOGEN CONTAMINANTS; ORGANOHALOGEN CONTAMINATION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); SEA TURTLES;

MARINE POLLUTION;

HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SPAIN; TURTLE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SPAIN; TURTLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84892146002     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-013-1123-3     Document Type: Article

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