Hematologic, Morphometric, and Biochemical Analytes of Clinically Healthy Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas) in Peru

Tania Suarez-Yana(corresponding author)
,
I. David Montes
,
Renato Zuñiga
,
Jeffrey C. Mangel
,
Joanna Alfaro-Shigueto

*Corresponding author for this work

Pro Delphinus
,
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
,
University of Exeter
,
Biología marina
,
Universidad Científica del Sur

Research Output:

Contribution to journal

Article

Peer-review

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Publication Information

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Research Output:

Contribution to journal

Article

Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 153-157 (5 pages)

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Chelonian Conservation and Biology (Volume 15, Issue 1)

Publication milestones

Published - 01/06/2016

Publication status

Published - 01/06/2016

ISSN

1071-8443

Publication IDs

Scopus: 84973624945

Abstract

Hematologic and biochemistry ranges were established for 31 clinically healthy green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) incidentally captured in artisanal fisheries in Sechura Bay, Peru. Postcapture stress may have influenced heterophil values and glucose concentration. Sechura Bay provides abundant dietary protein affecting urea and glucose values.

Funding Details

We thank Pro Delphinus staff for field support, Julio César Carrera for sampling assistance in Sechura, fishers in Constante port, and Nicole Stacy from the University of Florida for help with cell identification. We collected all samples under the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee approval (59819) from Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. This project was possible with support from the Darwin Sustainable Artisanal Fisheries Initiative-Peru, University of Exeter, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research.

FundersFunding numbers

Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research

NOAA

UPCH

University of Exeter