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Assessment of Mercury Concentration in Turtles (Podocnemis unifilis) in the Xingu River Basin, Brazil. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2018
Many studies on mercury contamination in aquatic biota deal with the effect of consuming metal-contaminated organisms on human health. In this study, we examined the factors that cause mercury contamination in Podocnemis unifilis in the Xingu River Basin of Mato Grosso and Pará States, Brazil.
Pignati MT, Pezzuti JCB, Souza LC, Lima MO, Pignati WA, Mendes RA.   +5 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Neuroanatomical study of the podocnemidid turtle Neochelys arenarum (Pleurodira), from the early Eocene of France. [PDF]

Anat Rec (Hoboken)
Abstract Neochelys is an exclusively European Eocene podocnemidid genus belonging to a linage that reached this continent at the early Eocene. The so far available anatomical information about it is relatively abundant, especially considering that of its shell, at least partially preserved for the eight valid species currently considered.
Martín-Jiménez M, Pérez-García A.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Socioeconomic drivers of wild meat consumption in the city of Iquitos, Peru. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Wild meat represents a vital source of micro‐ and macronutrients for forest‐dwelling people; however, city dwellers with access to animal protein from different animals may also consume large amounts of wild meat as part of their customs and traditions, to diversify their diets, to maintain connections to their rural kin, and to access meat ...
Huerta FB, Gilmore MP, Bowler M, Griffiths BM.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

To What Extent Can Life History Strategies Inform Reptile Conservation Planning? [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Conservation planners must effectively target interventions to reduce the extinction risk of species. If we can use a species' life history strategies to predict their responses to interventions, this offers a promising approach to better understand species extinction risks and conservation potential.
Stevenson EA, Lucas S, McGowan PJK, Smallegange IM, Mair L.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Variation and development of the turtle chondrocranium, with a description of the common musk turtle (Sternotherus odoratus, Kinosternidae, Cryptodira, Testudines). [PDF]

Anat Rec (Hoboken)
Abstract Based on histological cross‐sections, the chondrocranium of the common musk turtle (Sternotherus odoratus) was reconstructed, described, and compared with other turtles. It differs from that of other turtle chondrocrania by possessing elongated, slightly dorsally orientated nasal capsules with three dorsolateral foramina, which might be ...
Leicht L, Zhang Z, Werneburg I.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Parasitic Fauna of Free‐Living Chelonoidis denticulatus From the Rio Acre Ecological Station and the Municipality of Cruzeiro do Sul, Western Amazon, Brazil [PDF]

Vet Med Int
Tortoises, such as Chelonoidis denticulatus, are described as hosts of many parasites, such as helminths and ticks of the genus Amblyomma, which are important vectors of rickettsial infection in Brazil. Additionally, the high consumption of meat from these animals in Acre results in a high risk of zoonotic outbreaks due to contact with the hosts and ...
da Costa E, Gomes C, Madeira R, Moura J, de Assis M, Gomes A, Silva V, Moraes I, de Moraes R, Pacheco R, Ramos D, Santos F.   +11 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Anticoagulants and their effects on the hematological and biochemical parameters of yellow-spotted amazon river turtle [PDF]

Ciência Rural, 2022
: Knowledge of suitable methods and reagents for assessing the health condition of specimens of a given species is essential. The present study evaluated the efficacy of the heparin anticoagulants 5,000 I.U.
Yuri Ian Carvalho Furtado, Cristiellem Cardoso Monteiro, Anai Paola Prissilla Flores Gonzales, Maria de Nazaré Ferreira Costa, Alexandre Renato Pinto Brasiliense, Eliane Tie Oba Yoshioka   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Shell characterization of the youngest valid species of the European Eocene genus Neochelys (Pleurodira, Podocnemididae): The Spanish Bartonian Neochelys salmanticensis. [PDF]

Anat Rec (Hoboken)
Abstract The freshwater pleurodiran turtle Neochelys is the best‐represented member of Podocnemididae in the European record, being known by eight Eocene species. The youngest of them is the Bartonian (middle Eocene) Neochelys salmanticensis, from the Duero Basin (Salamanca Province, Central Spain).
Pérez-García A, Guerrero A, Martín de Jesús S, Ortega F.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Mercury concentration in different tissues of Podocnemis unifilis (Troschel, 1848) (Podocnemididae: Testudines) from the lower Xingu River – Amazonian, Brazil [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2015
Studies using chelonians as biosentinels of environment quality or health risks associated with turtle consumption are very rare, especially in the Amazon basin. This study aims to measure Mercury levels (Hg) in muscle, liver, fat and blood of Podocnemis
J. Souza-Araujo, T. Giarrizzo, MO. Lima
doaj   +3 more sources

New records of digeneans from Podocnemis spp. (Testudines, Podocnemididae) from Iquitos, Peru

Revista Peruana de Biología, 2011
We obtained 8 digestive tract of the turtle Podocnemis expansa and 18 of P. unifilis from the Belen market (Iquitos, Peru). Only digeneans were studied and identified.
Manuel Tantaleán, Nofre Sánchez, Oscar Pineda Catalan   +2 more
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