Marine plastic debris emits a keystone infochemical for olfactory foraging seabirds

Science Advances

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Savoca, Matthew S ^a   Wohlfeil, Martha E ^a   Ebeler, Susan E ^a   Nevitt, Gabrielle A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

DIMETHYL SULFIDE; MARINE FOOD WEB; MARINE PLASTICS; MARINE WILDLIFE; SENSORY MECHANISM; SENSORY SIGNALS; TAXONOMIC GROUPS; TROPHIC INTERACTIONS;

DEBRIS;

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; PLASTIC;

ANIMAL; BIRD; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; SMELLING; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; PLASTICS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 85015736209     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23752548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1600395     Document Type: Article

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