Potential adverse health effects of persistent organic pollutants on sea turtles: Evidences from a cross-sectional study on Cape Verde loggerhead sea turtles


Autoria(s): Camacho, María; Luzardo, Octavio P.; Boada, luis d; López-Jurado, Luis Felipe; Medina Suárez, María E.; Zumbado, Manuel; Orós, Jorge
Data(s)

19/07/2016

19/07/2016

2013

Resumo

<p>[EN] The Cape Verde nesting population of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) is the third largest population of this species in the world. For conservation purposes, it is essential to determine how these reptiles respond to different types of anthropogenic contaminants. We evaluated the presence of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the plasma of adult nesting loggerheads from Boa Vista Island, Cape Verde, and studied the effects of the contaminants on the health status of the turtles using hematological and biochemical parameters. All turtles had detectable levels of non-dioxin like PCBs, whereas dioxin-like congeners (DL-PCBs) were detected in only 30% of the turtles.</p>

Identificador

http://hdl.handle.net/10553/17927

685076

<p>10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.04.043</p>

Idioma(s)

eng

Direitos

Acceso libre

Fonte

<p>Science of the total environment. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2013. Vol. 458-460, p. 283-289. ISSN: 0048-9697</p>

Palavras-Chave #24 Ciencias de la vida #2401 Biología animal (zoología) #240116 Herpetología #240123 Vertebrados #240119 Zoología marina
Tipo

info:eu-repo/semantics/other