Food and Feeding Habits Summary

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Chelonia mydas

Main Ref.	Mortimer, J.A., 1981
Fish stage	juv./adults	Mean length	none
Sample size	126	Percent empty
Country	Nicaragua	Locality	Miskito Cays, Nicaragua
Period	January February March April May June July August September October November December Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Chelonia mydas

Diet percent	Food I	Food II	Food III	Prey stage	Item Name	Comments
0.20 %	plants	other plants	benthic algae/weeds	n.a./others	Halodule wrightii
4.40 %	plants	other plants	benthic algae/weeds	n.a./others	Syringodium filiforme
90.50 %	plants	other plants	benthic algae/weeds	n.a./others	Thalassia testudinum
3.60 %	plants	phytoplankton	green algae	n.a./others	Chlorophyceae	1.3% Caulerpa prolifera, 1.2% Halimeda spp., 0.9% Codium isthmocladum, 0.1% Caulerpa sertularioides, 0.1% Udotea flabellum, 0.1% Penicillus capitatus.
0.10 %	zoobenthos	other benth. invertebrates	n.a./other benth. invertebrates	juv./adults	Animal matter	Traces of tunicates, soft corals, epiphytic animals, non-epiphytic animals and miscellaneous animals.
0.20 %	plants	phytoplankton	n.a./other phytoplankton	n.a./others	Rhodophyceae	0.1% Gracilaria spp. and traces of Amansia multifida and Spyridia filamentosa.
0.20 %	plants	phytoplankton	n.a./other phytoplankton	n.a./others	Sporochnus pedunculatus
0.80 %	zoobenthos	sponges/tunicates	sponges	juv./adults	Haliclona rubens