Food and Feeding Habits Summary

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Chelonia mydas

Main Ref.	López-Mendilaharsu, M., S.C. Gardner, R. Riosmena-Rodriguez and J.A. Seminoff, 2006
Fish stage	juv./adults	Mean length	none
Sample size		Percent empty
Country	Mexico	Locality	Estero Banderitas, Bahia Magdalena
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
4.70 %	plants	other plants	benthic algae/weeds	fruits/seeds	Laurencia pacifica
1.50 %	plants	other plants	benthic algae/weeds	n.a./others	Gracilaria pacifica
13.60 %	plants	other plants	benthic algae/weeds	n.a./others	Gracilaria textorii
78.70 %	plants	other plants	benthic algae/weeds	n.a./others	Codium amplivesiculatum	78.6% Codium amplivesiculatum.
1.50 %	zoobenthos	sponges/tunicates	sponges	juv./adults	unidentified Porifera