Abstract
Mercury in the sea turtle Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1958) from Ceará coast, NE Brazil
Highlights
Sea turtles are widely spread throughout the world’s tropical and temperate oceans
The major objective of this study is to provide additional Hg concentration data on the green turtle C. mydas from a region where no information is available
There was a significant negative correlation (P
Summary
Sea turtles are widely spread throughout the world’s tropical and temperate oceans. They are long-living animals and forage on diverse marine food chains; they have been proposed as bio-indicators of anthropogenic impacts on oceanic systems (Kampalath et al 2006, Day et al 2005).
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