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ArticlePeerJ2018

Limb-use by foraging marine turtles, an evolutionary perspective.

Jessica A Fujii, Don McLeish, Andrew J Brooks, John Gaskell, Kyle S Van Houtan

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Article in PeerJ, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Jessica A FujiiMonterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, CA, United States of America.
Don McLeishHawaiian Hawksbill Conservation, Lahaina, HI, United States of America.
Andrew J BrooksMarine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, United States of America.
John GaskellLiving Reef - Daydream Island, Whitsundays, Queensland, Australia.
Kyle S Van HoutanMonterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, CA, United States of America.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of limbs for foraging is documented in both marine and terrestrial tetrapods. These behaviors were once believed to be less likely in marine tetrapods due to the physical constraints of body plans adapted to locomotion in a fluid environment. Despite these obstacles, ten distinct types of limb-use while foraging have been previously reported in nine marine tetrapod families. Here, we expand the types of limb-use documented in marine turtles and put it in context with the diversity of marine tetrapods currently known to use limbs for foraging. Additionally, we suggest that such behaviors could have occurred in ancestral turtles, and thus, possibly extend the evolutionary timeline of limb-use behavior in marine tetrapods back approximately 70 million years. Through direct observation

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Behavioral ecologyEvolutionForagingLimb use

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PMID29610708
PMCPMC5878658

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