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Ecotoxicology of crocodilians

Ecotoxicology of crocodilians Ecotoxicology of crocodilians Kym Rouse Campbell The Cadmus Group, Inc., 78A Mitchell Road, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, USA e-mail: kcampbell@cadmusgroup.com Abstract. All species of crocodilians are long-lived, top-level carnivores that are integral components of aquatic, wetland, and marine/estuarine ecosystems. However, they are often excluded from studies on environmental contamination and ecological risk assessments. Available organic (including endocrine disrupters), inorganic, and radionuclide contaminant accumulation and effects studies for crocodilians were reviewed and summarized to facilitate the use of existing data, reveal the primary information gaps, promote the inclusion of crocodilians in environmental contamination studies and ecological risk assessments, encourage further ecotoxicologicalstudies, and assist in the development of future research priorities. Environmental contamination studies were not available for more than half of the world’s 23 crocodilian species. The majority of information available (almost 70% of reviewed studies) concerning environmental contaminants and their accumulation and effects on crocodilians was for the American alligator ( Alligator mississippiensis ) as a result of the considerable research effort on the effects of endocrine-disruptingcontaminants (EDCs) on the alligator population inhabiting Lake Apopka, Florida and the many studies concerning mercury contamination in the southeastern United States, considered to be the most serious environmental threat to that http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Applied Herpetology Brill

Ecotoxicology of crocodilians

Campbell, Kym Rouse
Applied Herpetology , Volume 1 (1-2): 45 – Jan 1, 2003
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© 2003 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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1570-7539
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Ecotoxicology of crocodilians Kym Rouse Campbell The Cadmus Group, Inc., 78A Mitchell Road, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, USA e-mail: kcampbell@cadmusgroup.com Abstract. All species of crocodilians are long-lived, top-level carnivores that are integral components of aquatic, wetland, and marine/estuarine ecosystems. However, they are often excluded from studies on environmental contamination and ecological risk assessments. Available organic (including endocrine disrupters), inorganic, and radionuclide contaminant accumulation and effects studies for crocodilians were reviewed and summarized to facilitate the use of existing data, reveal the primary information gaps, promote the inclusion of crocodilians in environmental contamination studies and ecological risk assessments, encourage further ecotoxicologicalstudies, and assist in the development of future research priorities. Environmental contamination studies were not available for more than half of the world’s 23 crocodilian species. The majority of information available (almost 70% of reviewed studies) concerning environmental contaminants and their accumulation and effects on crocodilians was for the American alligator ( Alligator mississippiensis ) as a result of the considerable research effort on the effects of endocrine-disruptingcontaminants (EDCs) on the alligator population inhabiting Lake Apopka, Florida and the many studies concerning mercury contamination in the southeastern United States, considered to be the most serious environmental threat to that

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Applied Herpetology – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 2003

Keywords: ALLIGATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; POLLUTION; CAIMAN; REPTILE; ENDOCRINE-DISRUPTING CONTAMINANT; METAL ACCUMULATION; CROCODILIAN; CROCODILE; ORGANOCHLORINE ACCUMULATION

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