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	37	Percent empty
Country	Nicaragua	Locality	Mudset, 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
0.40 %	plants	other plants	benthic algae/weeds	n.a./others	Halodule wrightii
0.40 %	plants	other plants	benthic algae/weeds	n.a./others	Halophila baillonis
34.90 %	plants	other plants	benthic algae/weeds	n.a./others	Syringodium filiforme
38.10 %	plants	other plants	benthic algae/weeds	n.a./others	Thalassia testudinum
2.30 %	plants	phytoplankton	green algae	n.a./others	Chlorophyceae	1.7 % Codium isthmocladum, 0.3 % Caulerpa prolifera, 0.2 % Udotea flabellum, 0.1 % Penicillus capitatus, and traces of Caulerpa sertularioides.
0.10 %	zoobenthos	other benth. invertebrates	n.a./other benth. invertebrates	juv./adults	Animal matter	Traces of tunicates, soft corals and miscellaneous animals.
0.80 %	plants	phytoplankton	n.a./other phytoplankton	n.a./others	Sargassum vulgare
23.00 %	plants	phytoplankton	n.a./other phytoplankton	n.a./others	Rhodophyceae	2.7 % Gracilaria cylindrica, 0.4 % Gracilaria mammillaris, 0.2 % Gracilaria verrucosa, 0.6 % Gracilaria spp., 6.1 % Cryptonemia crenulata, 5.1 % Amansia multifida, 3.1 % Halymenia floresia, 2.3 % Vidalia obtusiloba, 1.0 % Enantiocladia duperryi, and 0.1 % Corallina cubensis.