Drinking by sea snakes from oceanic freshwater lenses at first rainfall ending seasonal drought.

Acquisition of fresh water (FW) is problematic for FW-dependent animals living in marine environments that are distant from sources of FW associated with land. Knowledge of how marine vertebrates respond to oceanic rainfall, and indeed the drinking responses of vertebrates generally following drough...

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Main Authors: Harvey B Lillywhite, Coleman M Sheehy, Mark R Sandfoss, Jenna Crowe-Riddell, Alana Grech
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212099