Data on environmental contaminants in sea turtle eggs at Venu Island, Kaimana – West Papua, Indonesia
Long-range atmospheric transport of contaminants can result in contamination of aquatic systems in otherwise pristine areas. Contaminants enter aquatic systems largely as inorganic pollutants that often are microbially transformed. The result can be a potent neurotoxin with a strong tendency to biom...
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| author | Ricardo F Tapilatu Hengki Wona Rima H. S Siburian |
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| description | Long-range atmospheric transport of contaminants can result in contamination of aquatic systems in otherwise pristine areas. Contaminants enter aquatic systems largely as inorganic pollutants that often are microbially transformed. The result can be a potent neurotoxin with a strong tendency to biomagnify within food chains. The general human population is exposed to contaminants such as mercury, predominantly through food consumption. Here, we report data on contaminants from a sample of green and hawksbill turtle that were sampled from a subset of two nests during the 2016 nesting season at Venu Island, Kaimana. Three contaminants (mercury, cadmium, arsenic) found in eggs exceeded safety limits for human consumption. Other contaminants such as lead, zinc, manganese, copper and iron were found below the established safety standard. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e87a7832dfc34c16b823583b64d108042022-12-22T01:37:32ZengElsevierData in Brief2352-34092020-08-0131105778Data on environmental contaminants in sea turtle eggs at Venu Island, Kaimana – West Papua, IndonesiaRicardo F Tapilatu0Hengki Wona1Rima H. S Siburian2Research Centre of Pacific Marine Resources, University of Papua (UNIPA), Manokwari, 98314 Papua, Indonesia; Marine Science Department, University of Papua (UNIPA), Manokwari, 98314 Papua, Indonesia; Corresponding author at: Research Centre of Pacific Marine Resources, University of Papua (UNIPA), Manokwari, 98314 Papua, Indonesia.Research Centre of Pacific Marine Resources, University of Papua (UNIPA), Manokwari, 98314 Papua, IndonesiaResearch Centre of Pacific Marine Resources, University of Papua (UNIPA), Manokwari, 98314 Papua, Indonesia; Silviculture Department, University of Papua (UNIPA), Manokwari, 98314 Papua, IndonesiaLong-range atmospheric transport of contaminants can result in contamination of aquatic systems in otherwise pristine areas. Contaminants enter aquatic systems largely as inorganic pollutants that often are microbially transformed. The result can be a potent neurotoxin with a strong tendency to biomagnify within food chains. The general human population is exposed to contaminants such as mercury, predominantly through food consumption. Here, we report data on contaminants from a sample of green and hawksbill turtle that were sampled from a subset of two nests during the 2016 nesting season at Venu Island, Kaimana. Three contaminants (mercury, cadmium, arsenic) found in eggs exceeded safety limits for human consumption. Other contaminants such as lead, zinc, manganese, copper and iron were found below the established safety standard.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340920306727ContaminantsSea turtle eggHuman consumptionFood chain |
| spellingShingle | Ricardo F Tapilatu Hengki Wona Rima H. S Siburian Data on environmental contaminants in sea turtle eggs at Venu Island, Kaimana – West Papua, Indonesia Data in Brief Contaminants Sea turtle egg Human consumption Food chain |
| title | Data on environmental contaminants in sea turtle eggs at Venu Island, Kaimana – West Papua, Indonesia |
| title_full | Data on environmental contaminants in sea turtle eggs at Venu Island, Kaimana – West Papua, Indonesia |
| title_fullStr | Data on environmental contaminants in sea turtle eggs at Venu Island, Kaimana – West Papua, Indonesia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Data on environmental contaminants in sea turtle eggs at Venu Island, Kaimana – West Papua, Indonesia |
| title_short | Data on environmental contaminants in sea turtle eggs at Venu Island, Kaimana – West Papua, Indonesia |
| title_sort | data on environmental contaminants in sea turtle eggs at venu island kaimana west papua indonesia |
| topic | Contaminants Sea turtle egg Human consumption Food chain |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340920306727 |
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