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Comment on “Marine plastic debris emits a keystone infochemical for olfactory foraging seabirds” by Savoca et al.

In their recent paper, Savoca and collaborators (2016) showed that plastic debris in the ocean may acquire a dimethyl sulfide (DMS) signature from biofouling developing on their surface. According to them, DMS emission may represent an olfactory trap for foraging seabirds, which explains patterns of...

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Autores principales: Dell’Ariccia, Gaia, Phillips, Richard A., van Franeker, Jan A., Gaidet, Nicolas, Catry, Paulo, Granadeiro, José P., Ryan, Peter G., Bonadonna, Francesco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5489267/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28782012
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1700526