Mistaken identity? Visual similarities of marine debris to natural prey items of sea turtles

BACKGROUND: There are two predominant hypotheses as to why animals ingest plastic: 1) they are opportunistic feeders, eating plastic when they encounter it, and 2) they eat plastic because it resembles prey items. To assess which hypothesis is most likely, we created a model sea turtle visual system...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Schuyler, Qamar A, Wilcox, Chris, Townsend, Kathy, Hardesty, B Denise, Marshall, N Justin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4032385/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24886170
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6785-14-14

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4032385/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24886170
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6785-14-14

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