Contamination Of Organochlorine Pesticides In Nest Soil, Egg, And Blood Of The Snail-Eating Turtle (Malayemys Macrocephala) From The Chao Phraya River Basin, Thailand

• Main Authors: Sarun Keithmaleesatti, Pakorn Varanusupakul, Wattasit Siriwong, Kumthorn Thirakhupt, Robson, Mark, Noppadon Kitana
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Zenodo 2009
• Subjects: Gas chromatography; persistent organic pollutants; rice field; sentinel species.; Bakken; Barlow; Bustnes; Canada; Crowder; Cummings; Erikstad; Keller; Lawrence River; Nunes; Woodward; Larus hyperboreus
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1078633; https://zenodo.org/record/1078633

Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) are known to be persistent and bioaccumulative toxicants that may cause reproductive impairments in wildlife as well as human. The current study uses the snail-eating turtle Malayemys macrocephala, a long-lived animal commonly distribute in rice field habitat in cent...