Migrations of Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) between Nesting and Foraging Grounds across the Coral Sea

TC Read, L Wantiez, JM Werry, R Farman, G Petro… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
… Several explanations exist for turtles exhibiting this … unknown migrations pathways of turtles
within the Coral Sea. … of movement by individual turtles within the Coral Sea population. …

The role of turtles as coral reef macroherbivores

CHR Goatley, AS Hoey, DR Bellwood - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
… To date, the majority of studies examining herbivory in coral … role of marine turtles as herbivores
on coral reefs. While … we observed green turtles (Chelonia mydas) and hawksbill turtles (…

The diet and feeding ecology of the green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) in an algal-based coral reef community

GA Forbes - 1996 - researchonline.jcu.edu.au
… The green turtle is the only herbivorous sea turtle species. … the diet of green sea turtles
feeding in an algal-based coral reef … diet of green sea turtles feeding in an algalbased coral reef …

[PDF][PDF] STUDIES'IN THE SEA TURTLES-II, The Nesting Site Characteristics of the Hawksbill and the Green Turtles

IN NUITJA, I Uchida - Treubia, 1983 - e-journal.biologi.lipi.go.id
… of materials, mostly consisted of coral sands, which sometimes mixed with roots and shells
On Tukung for an exampie,. the nesting sites consisted of coarser coral sands, coconut rdots …

Densities and drivers of sea turtle populations across Pacific coral reef ecosystems

SL Becker, RE Brainard, KS Van Houtan - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
… We constrained this analysis to green turtles, due to the low abundance and restricted
distributions of hawksbills (see Fig 1). The RF model included available neritic habitat area (km 2 )…

Feeding ecology of the East Pacific green sea turtle Chelonia mydas agassizii at Gorgona National Park, Colombia

DF Amorocho, RD Reina - Endangered Species Research, 2007 - int-res.com
… We speculate that this omnivorous strategy of Gorgona’s immature green turtles might … of
the 86 captured East Pacific green turtles, with 66 from animals captured in the coral reefs of La …

Feeding ecology of the green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) in the Galapagos Islands

JA Carrión-Cortez, P Zárate… - Journal of the Marine …, 2010 - cambridge.org
… for the green sea turtle, Chelonia … green turtle feeding ecology at these sites. The goal of
this study was to identify and quantify the most important items in the diet of the green turtle at …

Dietary preferences of juvenile green turtles (Chelonia mydas) on a tropical reef flat

MMPB Fuentes, IR Lawler, E Gyuris - Wildlife Research, 2006 - CSIRO Publishing
green turtles on a tropical feeding ground, in this case a reef flat environment. We collected
85 lavage samples from 76 turtles … diet switching by juvenile turtles. The area of the reef flat at …

Contribution of green turtles Chelonia mydas to total herbivore biomass in shallow tropical reefs of oceanic islands

L Cardona, P Campos, A Velásquez-Vacca - PLoS One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
… In any case, our results show that only sheltered, flat areas with a low coral cover support
a high biomass of green turtles in the shallow reefs of tropical oceanic islands. This is an …

Ecological Correlates of Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Abundance on the Nearshore Worm Reefs of Southeastern Florida

M Stadler, M Salmon, C Roberts - Journal of Coastal …, 2015 - meridian.allenpress.com
… where surveys for juvenile green turtles were conducted in this … where surveys for juvenile
green turtles were conducted in this … Corals must then compete against aggressive sponge …