| concentrations of persistent organic pollutants in plasma from two species of turtle from the tennessee river gorge. | persistent organic pollutants (pops) are characterized by their resistance to degradation, biomagnification, global transport, and adverse toxicological effects. the goal of this study was to determine baseline concentrations of several classes of pops, including polychlorinated biphenyls (pcbs), organochlorine pesticides, and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (pbdes) in two turtle species, the cumberland slider (trachemys scripta troosti) and the common musk turtle (sternotherus odoratus) from the ... | 2009 | 19406450 |
| reproduction and hatchling performance in freshwater turtles associated with a remediated coal fly-ash spill. | in 2008 an impoundment retaining wall failed at the tennessee valley authority's coal burning plant in kingston, tennessee, releasing large quantities of coal-fly ash into the emory river. following extensive remediation of the spill, we captured (in 2011 and 2012) gravid turtles of multiple species in three rivers (two impacted and one reference) within the vicinity of the spill to determine whether there was evidence of the spill influencing reproduction. there was little evidence that river o ... | 2015 | 25682257 |