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Odors from marine plastic debris elicit foraging behavior in sea turtles.
Pfaller, Joseph B; Goforth, Kayla M; Gil, Michael A; Savoca, Matthew S; Lohmann, Kenneth J.
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  • Pfaller JB; Caretta Research Project, Savannah, GA 31401, USA; Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research and Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA. Electronic address: jpfaller@ufl.edu.
  • Goforth KM; Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
  • Gil MA; University of California, Santa Cruz and NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA.
  • Savoca MS; Hopkins Marine Station, Department of Biology, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA 94305, USA.
  • Lohmann KJ; Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Curr Biol ; 30(5): R213-R214, 2020 03 09.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32155421
ABSTRACT
Pfaller et al. report that sea turtles respond to odors from biofouled plastic debris with the same behavior that is elicited by food odors, providing a possible unifying explanation for why sea turtles interact with marine plastic.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Plásticos / Tartarugas / Poluentes da Água / Comportamento Alimentar / Odorantes Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2020 Tipo de documento: Article
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Plásticos / Tartarugas / Poluentes da Água / Comportamento Alimentar / Odorantes Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2020 Tipo de documento: Article