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	23	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
5.00 %	zoobenthos	sponges/tunicates	ascidians	juv./adults	Tunicates
1.60 %	plants	other plants	benthic algae/weeds	n.a./others	Halodule wrightii
8.60 %	plants	other plants	benthic algae/weeds	n.a./others	Syringodium filiforme
81.00 %	plants	other plants	benthic algae/weeds	n.a./others	Thalassia testudinum
0.30 %	zoobenthos	other benth. invertebrates	n.a./other benth. invertebrates	juv./adults	Unspecified animal matter
3.50 %	plants	phytoplankton	n.a./other phytoplankton	n.a./others	Various algae	1.0 % Vidalia obtusiloba, 0.8 % Sargassum hystrix, 0.8 % Sargassum filipendula. Traces of Spyridia filamentosa, Amansia multifida, Gracilaria spp., Caulerpa prolifera, Halimeda spp., and Udotea flabellum.