Monitoring organic and inorganic pollutants in juvenile live sea turtles: Results from a study of Chelonia mydas and Eretmochelys imbricata in Cape Verde

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 481, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 303-310

  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

Cape Verde; Elements; Persistent organic pollutants; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Sea turtles

Indexed keywords

CAPE VERDE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; MARINE STRATEGY FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); SEA TURTLES;

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CONTAMINATION; LEAD; NICKEL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ZINC;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ALDRIN; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DELTA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; DIELDRIN; ENDOSULFAN; ENDOSULFAN SULFATE; ENDRIN; HEPTACHLOR; HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; LEAD; LINDANE; MANGANESE; MERCURY; MIREX; NICKEL; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SELENIUM; TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; EUROPEAN UNION; JUVENILE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION MONITORING; TURTLE;

ARTICLE; CAPE VERDE; CHELONIA MYDAS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; DANGEROUS GOODS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; INORGANIC POLLUTANT; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT CONTAMINATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA TURTLE;

CAPE VERDE [MACARONESIA];

CAPE VERDE; ELEMENTS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEA TURTLES;

ANIMALS; CAPE VERDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; TURTLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84896896292     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.02.051     Document Type: Article

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