| fluoride content by ion chromatography using a suppressed conductivity detector and osmolality of bitterns discharged into the pacific ocean from a saltworks: feasible causal agents in the mortality of green turtles (chelonia mydas) in the ojo de liebre lagoon, baja california sur, mexico. | on december 1997, 94 corpses of green turtles, chelonia mydas, were found at the ojo de liebre lagoon (oll) adjacent to the industrial operation of exportadora de sal s. a (essa), the largest saltworks in the world, owned by the mexican government and mitsubishi corporation, located in baja california sur, mexico. every year about 551 x 10(6) m3 of seawater is solar evaporated, producing 7 x 10(6) tons of salt and 24.6 x 10(6) m3 of bitterns, the latter being discharged into the oll, which is a ... | 2002 | 12243394 |
| learedius learedi infection in black turtles (chelonia mydas agassizii), baja california sur, mexico. | black turtle (chelonia mydas agassizii) carcasses, recovered as a result of incidental capture in magdalena bay, mexico, revealed invasion by spirorchiid trematode eggs in liver, kidney, intestines, muscle, heart, pancreas, and duodenum. seventy-five adult learedius learedi price, 1934, were recovered from the heart of 1 turtle. most of the organs showed a mild or absent inflammatory response in histological sections, with the exception of a pancreatic-duodenal section that revealed severe lymph ... | 2004 | 15270115 |
| metal profiles used as environmental markers of green turtle (chelonia mydas) foraging resources. | the baja california peninsula, mexico serves an important role for feeding and developing sea turtles. high concentrations of metals detected in green turtles (chelonia mydas) from magdalena bay prompted an investigation into the sources of metals in the region. we compared metal concentrations in sea turtle tissues with plant species found in their stomach contents, and with the same species of plants collected inside a sea turtle refuge area known as estero banderitas. differences in the metal ... | 2007 | 17188334 |
| polychlorinated biphenyls and biotransformation enzymes in three species of sea turtles from the baja california peninsula of mexico. | concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (pcbs) as well as the expression patterns of cytochrome p450 (cyp) enzymes and glutathione-s-transferase (gst) activities were measured in livers of loggerhead (caretta caretta), green (chelonia mydas), and olive ridley (lepidocheyls olivacea) sea turtles from the baja california peninsula of mexico. the mean concentrations of total pcbs were 18.1, 10.5, and 15.2 ng/g wet weight (ww) respectively for the three species and pcb 153 was the dominant conge ... | 2010 | 19623473 |