Food and Feeding Habits Summary - Lepidochelys kempii

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Lepidochelys kempii

Main Ref.	Shaver, D.J., 1991
Fish stage	juv./adults	Mean length	40.00 none
Sample size	86	Percent empty
Country	USA	Locality	southern Texas, USA
Period	January February March April May June July August September October November December Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Lepidochelys kempii

Diet percent	Food I	Food II	Food III	Prey stage	Item Name	Comments
0.29 %	plants	other plants	benthic algae/weeds	n.a./others	vegetation
0.17 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	fish
91.10 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	crabs	juv./adults	crabs	90.95% crabs.
2.23 %	zoobenthos	mollusks	n.a./other mollusks	juv./adults	molluscs
0.39 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	shrimps/prawns	juv./adults	shrimps
5.80 %	others	others	n.a./others	juv./adults	other materials