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

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

Author(s) -

Rusty D. Day,

Al Segars,

Michael D. Arendt,

A. Michelle Lee,

Margie M. PedenAdams

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

environmental health perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257

H-Index - 282

eISSN - 1552-9924

pISSN - 0091-6765

DOI - 10.1289/ehp.9918

Subject(s) - methylmercury , mercury (programming language) , hematocrit , lymphocyte , blood cell , in vivo , biology , andrology , red blood cell , whole blood , toxicity , physiology , chemistry , immunology , medicine , endocrinology , ecology , bioaccumulation , microbiology and biotechnology , computer science , programming language

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 immunosuppression in diseased populations.

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