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ArticleRoyal Society open science2017

Does behaviour affect the dispersal of flatback post-hatchlings in the Great Barrier Reef?

Natalie Wildermann, Kay Critchell, Mariana M P B Fuentes, Colin J Limpus, Eric Wolanski, Mark Hamann

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Article in Royal Society open science, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Natalie WildermannCollege of Science and Engineering, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-0317-6832
Kay CritchellCollege of Science and Engineering, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia.
Mariana M P B FuentesDepartment of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4320, USA.
Colin J LimpusDepartment of Environment and Heritage Protection, Threatened Species Unit, PO Box 2454, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia.
Eric WolanskiCollege of Science and Engineering, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia.
Mark HamannCollege of Science and Engineering, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia.
Townsville Hospital · AUFlorida State University · USQueensland Government · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ability of individuals to actively control their movements, especially during the early life stages, can significantly influence the distribution of their population. Most marine turtle species develop oceanic foraging habitats during different life stages. However, flatback turtles (

Indexed as

directional swimmingflatback turtleGreat Barrier Reefmarine turtlesneritic dispersalSLIM oceanographic model

Identifiers

PMID28573024
PMCPMC5451825
OpenAlexW2618188587

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