Potential adverse health effects of persistent organic pollutants on sea turtles: Evidences from a cross-sectional study on Cape Verde loggerhead sea turtles
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19/07/2016
19/07/2016
2013
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<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> |
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eng |
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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 |
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info:eu-repo/semantics/other |