An Investigation of Organochlorine and Polychlorobiphenyl Concentrations in the Blood and Eggs of the Carnivorous Flatback Turtle, Natator depressus, from Queensland, Australia

Maria P. Ikonomopoulou; Mary Hodge; Joan M. Whittier

doi:10.2744/CCB-0981.1

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Maria P. Ikonomopoulou,^1,2 Mary Hodge,³ Joan M. Whittier^1,4

¹School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072 Australia
²Present Address: Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Level 2 North, The University of Queensland, Services Road, Building 80, St Lucia Campus, Queensland 4072 Australia; [ ] m.ikonomopoulou@uq.edu.au
³Organic Chemistry, Queensland Health Forensic Scientific Services, 39 Kessels Rd, Coopers Plains, Queensland 4108 Australia; [ ] Mary_Hodge@health.qld.gov.au
⁴Present address: School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7001 Australia; ] j.whittier@uq.edu.au

Abstract

Low concentrations of several pesticides including organochlorines and polychlorinated biphenyls were found in the blood and eggs of nesting female flatback turtles, Natator depressus, collected from Curtis Island in Queensland, Australia.

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Maria P. Ikonomopoulou, Mary Hodge, and Joan M. Whittier "An Investigation of Organochlorine and Polychlorobiphenyl Concentrations in the Blood and Eggs of the Carnivorous Flatback Turtle, Natator depressus, from Queensland, Australia," Chelonian Conservation and Biology 11(2), 255-259, (1 December 2012). https://doi.org/10.2744/CCB-0981.1

Received: 28 November 2011; Accepted: 1 February 2012; Published: 1 December 2012

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