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

BMC Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Schuyler, Qamar A ^a   Wilcox, Chris ^b   Townsend, Kathy ^a   Hardesty, B D ^b   Marshall, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chelonia mydas; Chromatic space; Eretmochelys imbricata; Marine debris; Vorobyev Osorio model

Indexed keywords

COLOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD SELECTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PLASTIC; TEXTURE; TURTLE;

ANIMALIA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; SCYPHOZOA; TESTUDINES;

PLASTIC;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COLOR; EATING; PREDATION; STOMACH JUICE; TURTLE; VISION; WASTE;

ANIMALS; COLOR; EATING; GARBAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLASTICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TURTLES; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84901480624     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-14-14     Document Type: Article

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