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| Provedor de dados: |
Anais da ABC (AABC)
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| País: |
Brazil
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| Título: |
Mercury in the sea turtle Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1958) from Ceará coast, NE Brazil
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| Autores: |
Bezerra,Moisés F.
Lacerda,Luiz D.
Costa,Breno G.B.
Lima,Eduardo H.S.M.
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| Data: |
2012-03-01
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| Ano: |
2012
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| Palavras-chave: |
Pollution
Metals
Marine turtles
Monitoring
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| Resumo: |
Mercury concentrations in carapace fragments of the green turtle Chelonia mydas from the Ceará coast in NE Brazil are reported. Concentrations varied from <0.34 to 856.6 ng.g -1 d.w., and were highest (average of 154.8 ng.g -1 d.w.) in juveniles (n = 22), whereas lowest concentrations (average of 2.5 ng.g -1 d.w.) were observed in adult/sub-adult animals (n = 3). There was a significant negative correlation between animal size and Hg concentration probably due to different diets between juveniles and sub-adults/adults. Carapace fragments, which are non-invasive, non-lethal substrates, may be of importance for monitoring purposes of these generally endangered species.
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| Tipo: |
Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652012000100012
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| Editor: |
Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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| Relação: |
10.1590/S0001-37652012005000002
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| Formato: |
text/html
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| Fonte: |
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências v.84 n.1 2012
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| Direitos: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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