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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2014
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| 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 |