Table 1.

Sea turtle blood Hg concentrations (μg/g wet mass) in the present study and in previously published work.

Study	Species	Location	Collection year	Mean ± SE (range)	No.
Present study (all samples)	Caretta caretta	Southeast (USA)	2003	0.029 ± 0.002 (0.006–0.077)	66
Day et al. 2005	Caretta caretta	Southeast (USA)	2001	0.029 ± 0.008 (0.005–0.188)	34
Presti 1999	Caretta caretta	Texas (USA)	1997	0.014 (0.01–0.017)	3
Presti 1999	Lepidochelys kempi	Texas (USA)	1997	0.027 (0.005–0.087)	76
Orvik 1997	Lepidochelys kempi	Texas (USA)	1994/1995	0.018 (0.0005–0.067)	106
Wang 2005	Lepidochelys kempi	Southeast/Gulf of Mexico (USA)	2000–2002	0.016 ± 0.002 (0.0006–0.179)	106
Wang 2005	Lepidochelys kempi	Rancho Neuvo, Mexico	2002	0.069 ± 0.009 (0.013–0.145)	18