Selected heavy metals in tissues of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) stranded along thr Texas and Florida Gulf coasts /
(Tursiops truncatus) from the Texas coast of the Gulf of
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Summary: | (Tursiops truncatus) from the Texas coast of the Gulf of available for all animals, a separate model was used bottlenose dolphins stranded along the Texas coast and in cadmium, mercury, lead and selenium. Copper was associated Concentrations of all tested metals were comparable to those concentrations were also analyzed. Because age was not correlations were found between mercury and selenium in the determined in liver, kidney, muscle, blubber and bone of distribution. Industrial application of some heavy metals examined in liver, kidney and muscle tissue. Strong positive food chain permit the bottlenose dolphin to serve as a geographic location in the muscle when the length model was has led to ecosystem contamination and accumulation of unsafe Heavy metals are naturally occurring elements with global impact, significantly associated with the concentrations of levels in the food chain, even for those metals which liver of those stranded along the Florida Gulf coast. long lifespan and the high position of this species on the measure of metal dynamics within the Gulf. For this study, metals in tissues of the Atlantic bottlenose dolphin Mexico have not been systematically explored. The large normally function in organism homeostasis. Levels of heavy other geographic regions. Two metal-metal correlations were population of this species along the Gulf coast, their rather previously reported for populations of bottlenose dolphins in seven heavy metals (Cd, Cu, Fe, Hg, Pb, Se and Zn) were substituting length for age. Length and age had the greatest three tissues. No correlations existed between cadmium and used and in the liver when the age model was used. with gender in the kidney. Mercury was associated with zinc. The effects of age, location and gender on metal |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Veterinary Anatomy". Vita. |
| Physical Description: | x, 111 leaves : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm. Also available online. Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |