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Projeto Chelonia Mydas
Master Tower Building Condominium - R. José Alexandre Buaiz, 190, Room 1713 - Enseada do Suá, Vitória - ES, 29050-545, Brazil
Region Active
South America
Academic institute
Activity
Marine research, Turtles, Pollution
Description
Projeto Chelonia mydas monitors the pollutants' impact on Brazilian sea-turtles. Under the auspices of Instituto Marcus Daniel (IMD), the project studies the processes and the occurrence of sea-turtle's diseases in environments affected by men, with the aim of understanding the occurrence of diseases in the sea-turtle populations in Brazil. Projeto Chelonia mydas' activities involve studies on sea-turtle's ecology, ecotoxicology, epidemiology, pathology, hematology, plasma biochemistry, and immunology.
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