| relationship between fibropapillomatosis and environmental quality: a case study with chelonia mydas off brazil. | we documented the presence of fibropapillomatosis (fp), a debilitating tumor-forming disease, in marine turtles in espirito santo bay (brazil) from march 2007 to april 2008, and assessed the value of a specific environmental index for predicting the prevalence of fp. turtles were captured monthly with entanglement nets and scored for presence and severity of fp. for the assessment of habitat quality, we used the ecological evaluation index (eei) based on benthic macrophytes. the fp-free control ... | 2010 | 20391916 |