Odours from marine plastic debris induce food search behaviours in a forage fish

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 284, Issue 1860, 2017, Pages

  Savoca, Matthew S ^a   Tyson, Chris W ^a   McGill, Michael ^b   Slager, Christina J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b The Aquarium of the Bay   (United States)

Author keywords

Engraulis mordax; Forage fish; Foraging; Olfaction; Plastic pollution

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOACCUMULATION; DEBRIS FLOW; FINFISH; FOOD WEB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; ODOR; OLFACTION; PHOTIC ZONE; PLASTIC; SCHOOLING BEHAVIOR; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; TOXICITY;

ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS; ENGRAULIS MORDAX;

FRAGRANCE; PLASTIC;

ANIMAL; APPETITE; CHEMISTRY; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; ODORANTS; PLASTICS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 85027688699     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.1000     Document Type: Article

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