1. Trace Element Accumulation in Two Turtle Species, Malaclemys terrapin and Chelydra serpentina, in New Jersey, USA
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Xiaona Li, Meiyin Wu, Walter Goessler, Molly Hillenbrand, and Simone Braeuer
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Male ,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism ,Clinical Biochemistry ,Terrapin ,Common snapping turtle ,Biochemistry ,law.invention ,Inorganic Chemistry ,food ,law ,Animals ,Carapace ,Malaclemys terrapin ,Turtle (robot) ,New Jersey ,biology ,Chemistry ,Biochemistry (medical) ,Trace element ,Mercury ,General Medicine ,biology.organism_classification ,food.food ,Trace Elements ,Turtles ,Bioaccumulation ,Environmental chemistry ,Female ,Chelydra - Abstract
Trace elements in aquatic environments pose a risk to biological communities; this study investigates the total concentrations of arsenic (As), silver (Ag), cadmium (Cd), cobalt (Co), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), mercury (Hg), nickel (Ni), selenium (Se), lead (Pb), and zinc (Zn) within muscle, carapace, liver, and adipose tissues of diamondback terrapins and common snapping turtles in New Jersey. The effects of tissue type, sex, size, and location upon trace element accumulation were studied. The data obtained indicates that within diamondback terrapins and common snapping turtles, trace element accumulations displayed a significant difference among tissue types and sex (p
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- 2021
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