Total Organic and Inorganic Arsenic from Marine Turtles (Caretta caretta) Beached Along the Italian Coast (South Adriatic Sea)

2000 ◽  
Vol 65 (6) ◽  
pp. 732-739 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. M. Storelli ◽  
G. O. Marcotrigiano
Keyword(s):  
Adriatic Sea ◽  
Inorganic Arsenic ◽  
Caretta Caretta ◽  
Marine Turtles ◽  
Italian Coast

Scenarios of Earthquake-Generated Tsunamis for the Italian Coast of the Adriatic Sea

2008 ◽  
pp. 2117-2142
Author(s):  
Mara Monica Tiberti ◽  
Stefano Lorito ◽  
Roberto Basili ◽  
Vanja Kastelic ◽  
Alessio Piatanesi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adriatic Sea ◽  
Italian Coast

scholarly journals Antimicrobial Resistance in Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta): A Comparison between Clinical and Commensal Bacterial Isolates

Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 2435
Author(s):  
Adriana Trotta ◽  
Mariarosaria Marinaro ◽  
Alessio Sposato ◽  
Michela Galgano ◽  
Stefano Ciccarelli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adriatic Sea ◽  
Caretta Caretta ◽  
Clinical Isolates ◽  
Bacterial Isolates ◽  
Free Living ◽  
Loggerhead Sea Turtles ◽  
Reservoir Species ◽  
History Of ◽  
Amoxicillin Clavulanic Acid ◽  
Gram Negative Organisms

Gram negative organisms are frequently isolated from Caretta caretta turtles, which can act as reservoir species for resistant microorganisms in the aquatic environment. C. caretta, which have no history of treatment with antimicrobials, are useful sentinel species for resistant microbes. In this culture-based study, commensal bacteria isolated from oral and cloacal samples of 98 healthy C. caretta were compared to clinical isolates from the wounds of 102 injured animals, in order to investigate the presence of AMR bacteria in free-living loggerheads from the Adriatic Sea. A total of 410 isolates were cultured. Escherichia coli and genera such as Serratia, Moraxella, Kluyvera, Salmonella were isolated only in healthy animals, while Acinetobacter, Enterobacter, Klebsiella and Morganella were isolated only from the wounds of the injured animals. When tested for susceptibility to ampicillin, amoxicillin + clavulanic acid, ceftazidime, cefuroxime, gentamicin, doxycycline, ciprofloxacin and enrofloxacin, the clinical isolates showed highly significant differences in AMR rates vs. commensal isolates for all the drugs tested, except for doxycycline. The detection of high AMR rates in loggerheads is of clinical and microbiological significance since it impacts both the choice of a proper antibiotic therapy and the implementation of conservation programs.

Accumulation of organochlorine contaminants in loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta caretta, from the eastern Adriatic Sea

Chemosphere ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bojan Lazar ◽  
Luna Maslov ◽  
Snježana Herceg Romanić ◽  
Romana Gračan ◽  
Blanka Krauthacker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adriatic Sea ◽  
Sea Turtles ◽  
Caretta Caretta ◽  
Loggerhead Sea Turtles ◽  
Organochlorine Contaminants

Patterns of Marine Turtle Mortality in British Waters (1992–1996) with Reference to Tissue Contaminant Levels

1998 ◽  
Vol 78 (3) ◽  
pp. 973-984 ◽  
Author(s):  
B.J. Godley ◽  
M.J. Gaywood ◽  
R.J. Law ◽  
C.J. McCarthy ◽  
C. McKenzie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Contaminants ◽  
Sexual Maturity ◽  
Carapace Length ◽  
Caretta Caretta ◽  
Marine Turtle ◽  
Dermochelys Coriacea ◽  
Fishing Gear ◽  
Leatherback Turtles ◽  
Marine Turtles ◽  
Causes Of Mortality

Mortality patterns of marine turtles entangled in fishing gear, found dead at sea or stranded dead on and around the coast of Britain in the period 1992–1996 are described. Of a total of 38 dead turtles identified, 35 were leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) and three were loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta). All D. coriacea were considered adults or subadults nearing sexual maturity. Six individuals were assessed as females, ten were classified as males and 19 were not sexed. Dermochelys coriacea (N=20 measured) ranged from 120 to 210 cm in curved carapace length (mean, 152 cm). The three C. caretta were juveniles, and ranged from 15 to 30 cm curved carapace length. Possible origins, causes of mortality and interactions with fisheries are discussed. In addition, contaminant levels were determined in the tissues of three D. coriacea. Concentrations of organic contaminants determined were found to be low.

Heavy metals in tissues of loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) from the northwestern Adriatic Sea

2004 ◽  
Vol 138 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Franzellitti ◽  
Clinio Locatelli ◽  
Guido Gerosa ◽  
Carola Vallini ◽  
Elena Fabbri
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Adriatic Sea ◽  
Caretta Caretta ◽  
Loggerhead Turtles

The cumacean genus Iphinoe (Crustacea: Peracarida) from Italian waters and I. daphne n. sp. from the northwestern Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4766 (2) ◽  
pp. 331-357
Author(s):  
CRISTINA MAZZIOTTI ◽  
MARCO LEZZI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Adriatic Sea ◽  
Nomen Dubium ◽  
Dichotomous Key ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Italian Coasts ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Italian Coast

Records of the cumacean genus Iphinoe from Italian coasts are reported with relevant data on the habitat, morphology and geographical distribution of each species. Seven Iphinoe species from the Italian coasts were recorded and are presented here with their own distributional ranges; the description of a new species, Iphinoe daphne n. sp. is also given.                Our results extend the known distribution of some species to new areas of the Mediterranean Sea and suggest that the species Iphinoe adriatica Bâcescu, 1988 can be considered as a nomen dubium, while the presence of I. trispinosa along the Italian coast is doubtful.Finally, a dichotomous key for all Mediterranean Iphinoe species is provided. 

Catenula exigua sp. nov., a new marine diatom (Bacillariophyta) species from the Adriatic Sea

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 414 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
KÄTHE ROBERT ◽  
SUNCICA BOSAK ◽  
BART VAN DE VIJVER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Adriatic Sea ◽  
Caretta Caretta ◽  
Small Population ◽  
Marine Diatom ◽  
High Magnification ◽  
Loggerhead Sea Turtles ◽  
Diatom Flora ◽  
Very High ◽  
Scanning Electron

During a survey of the epizoic diatom flora on carapaces of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) from the Adriatic Sea, a relatively small population of an unknown amphoroid species was observed, presenting some morphological similarities with the genera Lunella and Catenula. Due to the small size and the lack of distinct structures visible in LM, the observations of its ultrastructure under very high magnification in the scanning electron microscopy (SEM) proved to be critical in taxon delineation and indicated that it should be separated as a new Catenula species. The new species is characterized by very small, dorsiventral valves, striae composed of 1–3 small, marginally placed areolae, a very simple raphe structure lacking terminal raphe fissures, straight simple central raphe endings, the absence of helictoglossa and a distinct central nodule, the latter often discernible in LM. Typical ghost striae, reported to be one of the main morphological features of the genus Catenula, are very faintly present and only visible in the valve interior. The new species is illustrated using both LM and SEM observations and compared with all other known Catenula and Lunella species.

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