Food and Feeding Habits Summary

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Chelonia mydas

Main Ref.	López-Mendilaharsu, M., S.C. Gardner, J.A. Seminoff and R. Riosmena-Rodriguez, 2005
Fish stage	juv./adults	Mean length	68.00 none
Sample size	12	Percent empty
Country	Mexico	Locality	adjacent Pacific waters along the Baja California, Mexico
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
7.40 %	plants	other plants	benthic algae/weeds	n.a./others	Pterocladiella capillacea	7.4% Pterocladiella capillacea.
17.30 %	plants	other plants	benthic algae/weeds	n.a./others	Gelidium robustum	17.2% Gelidium robustum.
63.70 %	plants	other plants	benthic algae/weeds	n.a./others	Phyllospadix torreyi	63.4% Phyllospadix torreyi.
11.60 %	plants	phytoplankton	green algae	n.a./others	Codium simulans	11.5% Codium simulans.