Total Arsenic Concentrations in Sea Turtle Tissues from the Mediterranean Coast of Spain

• Published in: Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology Vol. 107; no. 5; pp. 820 - 826
• Main Authors: Martínez-López, E., Herrero, D., López-Berenguer, G., Peñalver, J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.11.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aquatic Pollution; Aquatic reptiles; Arsenic; Caretta caretta; coasts; Dermochelyidae; Dermochelys coriacea; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecotoxicology; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Health; Feeding behavior; Habitat preferences; habitats; Kidneys; Liver; Mediterranean region; Mediterranean Sea; Muscles; Pollution; Reptiles & amphibians; Sea turtles; Soil Science & Conservation; Spain; Species; Statistical analysis; Toxicity; toxicology; Waste Water Technology; Water Management; Water Pollution Control; Mediterranean Sea; Spain; Mediterranean region; Turtles; Mediterranean coast; Arsenic; Marine pollution; Leatherback turtles; Loggerhead sea turtles

In this work we studied total arsenic concentrations in liver, muscle and kidney of 49 individuals of two sea turtle species (loggerhead sea turtles, n = 45; leatherback turtles, n = 4) stranded in Murcia (South-eastern Spain) coastline between 2009 and 2018. In accordance with the literature, muscl...