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Marine plastic debris emits a keystone infochemical for olfactory foraging seabirds

Plastic debris is ingested by hundreds of species of organisms, from zooplankton to baleen whales, but how such a diversity of consumers can mistake plastic for their natural prey is largely unknown. The sensory mechanisms underlying plastic detection and consumption have rarely been examined within...

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Autores principales: Savoca, Matthew S., Wohlfeil, Martha E., Ebeler, Susan E., Nevitt, Gabrielle A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5569953/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28861463
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1600395