Blood gases, biochemistry, and hematology of Galapagos green turtles (Chelonia mydas).

The green turtle, Chelonia mydas, is an endangered marine chelonian with a circum-global distribution. Reference blood parameter intervals have been published for some chelonian species, but baseline hematology, biochemical, and blood gas values are lacking from the Galapagos sea turtles. Analyses w...

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Main Authors: Gregory A Lewbart, Maximilian Hirschfeld, Judith Denkinger, Karla Vasco, Nataly Guevara, Juan García, Juanpablo Muñoz, Kenneth J Lohmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4019482?pdf=render