DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.10.012
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84913530541
论文题名: Potential impacts of historical disturbance on green turtle health in the unique & protected marine ecosystem of Palmyra Atoll (Central Pacific)
作者: McFadden K.W. ; Gómez A. ; Sterling E.J. ; Naro-Maciel E.
刊名: Marine Pollution Bulletin
ISSN: 0025-326X
EISSN: 1879-3363
出版年: 2014
卷: 89, 期: 2018-01-02 起始页码: 160
结束页码: 167
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Contaminant
; Health
; Marine turtles
; Palmyra Atoll
; Plasma biochemistry
; Toxicants
Scopus关键词: Biochemistry
; Blood
; Health
; Heavy metals
; Impurities
; Marine pollution
; Military operations
; Anthropogenic stressors
; Low concentrations
; Marine turtles
; Military installations
; Palmyra Atoll
; Plasma chemistries
; Potential impacts
; Toxicants
; Ecosystems
; aluminum
; iron
; testosterone
; heavy metal
; anthropogenic effect
; anthropogenic source
; concentration (composition)
; environmental disturbance
; food web
; marine ecosystem
; turtle
; adult
; Article
; concentration (parameters)
; controlled study
; environmental impact
; environmental protection
; female
; foraging
; male
; marine environment
; nonhuman
; Pacific islands
; Palmyra Atoll
; physical examination
; testosterone blood level
; turtle
; animal
; blood
; blood analysis
; body weight
; ecosystem
; environment
; environmental protection
; food chain
; military phenomena
; physiology
; turtle
; Line Islands
; Palmyra Atoll
; Cheloniidae
; Palmyra
; Testudines
; Animals
; Blood Chemical Analysis
; Body Weight
; Conservation of Natural Resources
; Ecosystem
; Environment
; Female
; Food Chain
; Male
; Metals, Heavy
; Military Facilities
; Pacific Islands
; Turtles
Scopus学科分类: Agricultural and Biological Sciences: Aquatic Science
; Earth and Planetary Sciences: Oceanography
; Environmental Science: Pollution
英文摘要: Palmyra Atoll, in the Central Pacific, is a unique marine ecosystem because of its remarkably intact food web and limited anthropogenic stressors. However during World War II the atoll was structurally reconfigured into a military installation and questions remain whether this may have impacted the health of the atoll's ecosystems and species. To address the issue we assessed green sea turtle (. n=. 157) health and exposure to contaminants at this foraging ground from 2008 to 2012. Physical exams were performed and blood was sampled for testosterone analysis, plasma biochemistry analysis, hematology and heavy metal exposure. Hematological and plasma chemistries were consistent with concentrations reported for healthy green turtles. Heavy metal screenings revealed low concentrations of most metals, except for high concentrations of iron and aluminum. Body condition indices showed that <1% of turtles had poor body condition. In this study, we provide the first published blood values for a markedly healthy sea turtle population at a remote Central Pacific Atoll. © 2014. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/85761
Appears in Collections: 过去全球变化的重建 全球变化的国际研究计划
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作者单位: US Geological Survey, South Carolina Cooperative Fish and oWildlife Research Unit, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States; Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, United States; Department of Biology, College of Staten Island, City University of New York, Staten Island, NY, United States; ICF International, Washington, DC, United States
Recommended Citation:
McFadden K.W.,Gómez A.,Sterling E.J.,et al. Potential impacts of historical disturbance on green turtle health in the unique & protected marine ecosystem of Palmyra Atoll (Central Pacific)[J]. Marine Pollution Bulletin,2014-01-01,89(2018-01-02)