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| Title |
Mistaken identity? Visual similarities of marine debris to natural prey items of sea turtles
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| Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, May 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6785-14-14 |
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| Authors |
Qamar A Schuyler, Chris Wilcox, Kathy Townsend, B Denise Hardesty, N Justin Marshall |
| Abstract |
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 and used it to analyse debris samples from beach surveys and from necropsied turtles. We investigated colour, contrast, and luminance of the debris items as they would appear to the turtle. We also incorporated measures of texture and translucency to determine which of the two hypotheses is more plausible as a driver of selectivity in green sea turtles. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 11 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 1 | 9% |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 9% |
| Unknown | 9 | 82% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 10 | 91% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 9% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 228 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 4 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Uruguay | 1 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 221 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 48 | 21% |
| Student > Master | 45 | 20% |
| Researcher | 29 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 25 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 7 | 3% |
| Other | 22 | 10% |
| Unknown | 52 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 66 | 29% |
| Environmental Science | 61 | 27% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 7 | 3% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 7 | 3% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 6 | 3% |
| Other | 16 | 7% |
| Unknown | 65 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 107. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 March 2023.
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#391,810
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#86
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#3,312
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#3
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