| perfluorinated compounds in the plasma of loggerhead and kemp's ridley sea turtles from the southeastern coast of the united states. | perfluorinated compounds (pfcs) have been measured in blood of humans and wildlife and are considered globally distributed contaminants. we examined 12 pfcs in the plasma of 73 loggerhead sea turtles (caretta caretta) and 6 kemp's ridley sea turtles (lepidochelys kempii) captured from inshore waters of core sound, north carolina (nc), and offshore waters of south carolina, georgia, and florida (sc-fl). perfluorooctanesulfonate (pfos) and perfluorooctanoic acid (pfoa) were the dominant compounds, ... | 2005 | 16382930 |
| temporal and spatial trends of perfluorinated compounds in juvenile loggerhead sea turtles (caretta caretta) along the east coast of the united states. | perfluorinated compounds (pfcs) are globally distributed persistent environmental contaminants. this study provides temporal trends as well as large-scale spatial trends of pfc concentrations in threatened juvenile loggerhead sea turtles near or from florida bay (fl bay), cape canaveral (fl), charleston (sc), core sound (nc), and chesapeake bay (md). pfcs were extracted from 163 plasma and serum samples using solid-phase extraction and quantified with lc-ms/ms. concentrations of six compounds si ... | 2010 | 20521819 |