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Odors from marine plastic debris elicit foraging behavior in sea turtles
Joseph B Pfaller1, Kayla M Goforth2, Michael A Gil3
1Caretta Research Project, Savannah, GA 31401, USA; Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research and Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
Current Biology : CB
|March 11, 2020
Abstract:
Pfaller et al. report that sea turtles respond to odors from biofouled plastic debris with the same behavior that is elicited by food odors, providing a possible unifying explanation for why sea turtles interact with marine plastic.

