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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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Auteurs principaux: Schuyler, Qamar A, Wilcox, Chris, Townsend, Kathy, Hardesty, B Denise, Marshall, N Justin
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: BioMed Central 2014
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4032385/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24886170
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6785-14-14
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