Food and Feeding Habits Summary

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Chelonia mydas

Main Ref.	Whiting, S.D. and J.D. Miller, 1998
Fish stage	adults	Mean length	none
Sample size	8	Percent empty
Country	Australia	Locality	Repulse Bay, central Queensland (21°38'South, 148°42'East)
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
1.10 %	plants	other plants	benthic algae/weeds	n.a./others	algae
0.90 %	others	others	n.a./others	juv./adults	invertebrates
0.40 %	others	others	n.a./others	n.a./others	shells
0.60 %	others	others	n.a./others	n.a./others	bark and leaves
0.80 %	plants	other plants	periphyton	n.a./others	Halodule ovata
4.00 %	plants	other plants	periphyton	n.a./others	Halodule uninervis
92.20 %	plants	other plants	periphyton	n.a./others	Zostera capricorni	88.8% thin shoots; 3.4% thin rhizomes