Status review of the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) under the Engangered Species Act

JA Seminoff, CD Allen, GH Balazs, PH Dutton, T Eguchi… - 2015 - repository.library.noaa.gov
The Green Turtle Status Review Team (SRT) has undertaken a review consistent with
section 4 (a)(1) of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), using the best available scientific …

Hazards associated with the consumption of sea turtle meat and eggs: a review for health care workers and the general public

AA Aguirre, SC Gardner, JC Marsh, SG Delgado… - EcoHealth, 2006 - Springer
Sea turtle products (eg, meat, adipose tissue, organs, blood, eggs) are common food items
for many communities worldwide, despite national regulations in some countries prohibiting …

Detoxification mechanism of heavy metals in marine mammals and seabirds: interaction of selenium with mercury, silver, copper, zinc, and cadmium in liver

T Ikemoto, T Kunito, H Tanaka, N Baba… - Archives of …, 2004 - Springer
Subcellular distribution of mercury, selenium, silver, copper, zinc, and cadmium was
determined in the liver of northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus), black-footed albatrosses …

Exposure assessment for trace elements from consumption of marine fish in Southeast Asia

T Agusa, T Kunito, A Sudaryanto, I Monirith… - Environmental …, 2007 - Elsevier
Concentrations of 20 trace elements were determined in muscle and liver of 34 species of
marine fish collected from coastal areas of Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand …

Contamination by arsenic and other trace elements in tube-well water and its risk assessment to humans in Hanoi, Vietnam

T Agusa, T Kunito, J Fujihara, R Kubota, TB Minh… - Environmental …, 2006 - Elsevier
Concentrations of As and other trace elements and their association were examined in
groundwater (n= 25) and human hair (n= 59) collected at Gia Lam District and Thanh Tri …

Concentrations of trace elements in marine fish and its risk assessment in Malaysia

T Agusa, T Kunito, G Yasunaga, H Iwata… - Marine pollution …, 2005 - Elsevier
Concentrations of trace elements (V, Cr, Mn, Co, Cu, Zn, Ga, Se, Rb, Sr, Mo, Ag, Cd, Sn, Sb,
Cs, Ba, Hg, Tl, Pb and Bi) were determined in muscle and liver of 12 species of marine fish …

Heavy metal accumulation in four species of sea turtles from the Baja California peninsula, Mexico

SC Gardner, SL Fitzgerald, BA Vargas, LM Rodríguez - Biometals, 2006 - Springer
Heavy metals were assessed in four species of sea turtles from the Baja California
Peninsula, Mexico, representing the first report of heavy metal concentrations in tissues of …

Relationship of Blood Mercury Levels to Health Parameters in the Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta)

RD Day, AL Segars, MD Arendt, AM Lee… - Environmental …, 2007 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background Mercury is a pervasive environmental pollutant whose toxic effects have not
been studied in sea turtles in spite of their threatened status and evidence of …

Body distribution of trace elements in black‐tailed gulls from Rishiri Island, Japan: age‐dependent accumulation and transfer to feathers and eggs

T Agusa, T Matsumoto, T Ikemoto… - … and Chemistry: An …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Body distribution and maternal transfer of 18 trace elements (V, Cr, Mn, Co, Cu, Zn, Se, Rb,
Sr, Mo, Ag, Cd, Sb, Cs, Ba, Hg, Tl, and Pb) to eggs were examined in black‐tailed gulls …

Maternal transfer of trace elements in leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) of French Guiana

E Guirlet, K Das, M Girondot - Aquatic Toxicology, 2008 - Elsevier
In sea turtles, parental investment is limited to the nutrients and energy invested in eggs that
will support embryonic development. Leatherback females have the largest clutches with the …