The story of invasive algae, arginine, and turtle tumors does not make sense
Year: 2014
Type: preprint
Abstract: We are presenting a rebuttal letter to the following article that appeared recently on PeerJ: Van Houtan KS, Smith CM, Dailer ML, and Kawachi M. 2014. Eutrophication and the dietary promotion of sea turtle tumors. PeerJ 2:e602. This article is available at the following URL: https://peerj.com/articles/602/. We argue that the article lacks an inferential framework to answer the complex question regarding the drivers of the turtle tumor disease fibropapillomatosis in Hawaii. The article also contains procedural flaws and does not provide any compelling evidence of a link between algae, arginine, and turtle tumors.
Institutions: United States Geological Survey, National Wildlife Health Center, University of Zurich, Cornell University, The University of Queensland, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, National Institute of Standards and Technology, NCCOS Hollings Marine Laboratory, NOAA Office of Protected Resources
Language: English
Subfield: Nature and Landscape Conservation
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1513958787