@article{oai:rakuno.repo.nii.ac.jp:00005703,
 author = {TSUKANO, Kenji and 鈴木, 一由 and NODA, Jyun and 能田, 淳 and YANAGISAWA, Makio and KAMEDA, Kazunari and SERA, Koichiro and NISHI, Yasunobu and SHIMAMORI, Toshio and MORIMOTO, Yasuyo and YOKOTA, Hiroshi and 浅川, 満彦 and ASAKAWA, Mitsuhiko},
 issue = {12},
 journal = {The Journal of veterinary medical science},
 month = {Dec},
 note = {Article, The purpose of this study was to compare the concentration of trace elements in the plasma of sea turtles that inhabited the suburban (Okinawa Main Island, n=8) and the rural coast (Yaeyama Island, n=57) in Okinawa, Japan. Particle induced X-ray emission allowed detection of 20 trace and major elements. The wild sea turtles in the suburban coast in Okinawa were found to have high concentrations of Pb, Si and Ti in the plasma when compared to the rural area but there were no significant changes in the Al, As and Hg concentrations. These results may help to suggest the status of some elements in a marine environment. Further, monitoring the plasma trace and major element status in sea turtles can be used as a bio-monitoring approach by which specific types of elements found here could indicate effects that are related to human activities.},
 pages = {2043--2047},
 title = {Plasma lead, silicon and titanium concentrations are considerably higher in green sea turtle from the suburban coast than in those from the rural coast in Okinawa, Japan},
 volume = {79},
 year = {2017}
}