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ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2017

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

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

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Article in Proceedings. Biological sciences, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Can Fish Escape the Evolutionary Trap Induced by Microplastics?Environmental science & technology · 2025
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  5. Social dominance influences individual susceptibility to an evolutionary trap in mosquitofish.Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America · 2025
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  9. Short-Term Microplastic Exposure Impairs Cognition in Hermit Crabs.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023
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  11. Daphnia magna's Favorite Snack: Biofouled Plastics.Environmental toxicology and chemistry · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Matthew S SavocaGraduate Group in Ecology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA msavoca13@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7318-4977
Chris W TysonGraduate Group in Ecology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
Michael McGillAquarium of the Bay, Pier 39, Embarcadero at Beach Street, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA.
Christina J SlagerAquarium of the Bay, Pier 39, Embarcadero at Beach Street, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plastic pollution is an anthropogenic stressor in marine ecosystems globally. Many species of marine fish (more than 50) ingest plastic debris. Ingested plastic has a variety of lethal and sublethal impacts and can be a route for bioaccumulation of toxic compounds throughout the food web. Despite its pervasiveness and severity, our mechanistic understanding of this maladaptive foraging behaviour is incomplete. Recent evidence suggests that the chemical signature of plastic debris may explain why certain species are predisposed to mistaking plastic for food. Anchovy (

Indexed as

Appetitive BehaviorOdorantsAnimalsFishesFood ChainPlasticsWater Pollutants, ChemicalPlasticsWater Pollutants, ChemicalEngraulis mordaxforage fishforagingolfactionplastic pollution

Identifiers

PMID28814656
PMCPMC5563810

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